Backend Software Engineer

Jobgether • United Kingdom

Remote

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AI Summary

Design and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for a high-availability cloud platform. Collaborate with frontend engineers and DevOps teams to deliver end-to-end features. Requires 3+ years of backend development experience and proficiency in Go, Python, Node.js, or similar languages.

Key Highlights

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs

Optimize database structures and queries for performance and reliability

Collaborate with frontend engineers and DevOps teams

Experience with distributed systems or event-driven architectures is a plus

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs supporting a high-availability cloud platform

Develop and evolve microservices architecture to ensure performance, scalability, and fault tolerance

Optimize database structures and queries to improve system efficiency and reliability

Ensure system resilience, high availability, and robust error handling across distributed environments

Collaborate with frontend engineers, DevOps, and other stakeholders to deliver end-to-end features

Participate in technical discussions, architecture decisions, and code reviews to maintain engineering quality standards

Contribute to continuous improvement of backend systems, including performance tuning and system optimization

Support CI/CD practices and contribute to smooth deployment and release processes

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Technical Skills Required

Go Python Node.js

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary ranging from £45k to £100k depending on experience and location

Equity participation in a fast-growing, venture-backed company

Fully remote work with timezone alignment (UTC ±2 hours)

Opportunity to work on a widely used cloud-native platform at scale

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Nice to Have

Experience working with distributed systems or event-driven architectures

Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

Understanding of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

Job Description

This role sits at the core of a modern cloud-native platform used by thousands of developers worldwide to build and deploy scalable applications. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining the backend systems that power critical infrastructure, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability at every level. The work spans distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and database optimization in a fast-moving engineering environment. You will collaborate closely with frontend engineers and DevOps teams to deliver seamless end-to-end functionality. The role offers significant ownership over system design decisions and the opportunity to directly influence platform architecture. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex backend challenges in a production-grade, high-scale environment.

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