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15 Hours Ago
London, UK
Hybrid
6,000 Employees
Senior level
6,000 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Senior Backend Engineer will work in the Receive Risk team to create a scalable and secure global platform for money transactions, improve user experience through data-driven solutions, and prevent fraud. Responsibilities include developing web applications, collaborating across teams, and employing best coding practices.
15 Hours Ago
London, UK
Hybrid
6,000 Employees
Senior level
6,000 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The Senior Backend Engineer will join the Receive Adoption team to develop features that facilitate third-party payments for customers. Responsibilities include optimizing databases, writing testable code, integrating systems, and enhancing automated processes to scale the product effectively.
3 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
242 Employees
Senior level
242 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Conversational AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Smartcat, you will design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services and APIs, optimize performance, and collaborate with various teams. You'll troubleshoot production issues and actively engage in code reviews and knowledge sharing.
5 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
10,000 Employees
Mid level
10,000 Employees
Mid level
Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Senior Software Engineer II at CrowdStrike, you will design and implement solutions for scalability, improve monitoring effectiveness, and automate processes. You will work with security analysts globally, enhancing core systems for real-time protection against cyberattacks and participating in on-call rotations for operational stability.
5 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
10,000 Employees
Senior level
10,000 Employees
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer III, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud orchestration and workflow capabilities, developing scalable backend services, and troubleshooting production issues. Collaborating with product managers and engineers, you'll ensure the systems are robust and efficient while utilizing industry-leading technologies.
6 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
Hybrid
1,200 Employees
Senior level
1,200 Employees
Senior level
Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will design and develop backend applications using Java and Kotlin, maintain existing systems, improve software quality, and contribute to high-availability services in an agile team environment, ensuring scalable cloud operations.
7 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
190 Employees
Senior level
190 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise Web • Software
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Content Lake DX team, you will design and develop scalable distributed systems, improve caching and query performance, mentor teammates, influence team processes, and respond to critical incidents. Your work will contribute to a better developer experience and open-source solutions.
7 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
10,000 Employees
Senior level
10,000 Employees
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at CrowdStrike, you will design and build scalable distributed systems, troubleshoot production issues, and collaborate with product managers and engineers on platform-level initiatives. You will utilize a variety of technologies to enhance a no-code security application development platform and implement solutions for critical production challenges.

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8 Days Ago
London, UK
Hybrid
1,810 Employees
Mid level
1,810 Employees
Mid level
Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • App development • Generative AI
As a Staff Back-End Software Engineer, you will design, develop, maintain, and optimize cloud-based backend services while collaborating with teams to build new features and mentor junior engineers. Your role will significantly impact the delivery of high-quality releases and innovative solutions to customers.
12 Days Ago
London, UK
700 Employees
Junior
700 Employees
Junior
Cloud • eCommerce • Information Technology • Retail • Software • Database
Design and develop scalable and secure payment systems, integrate and support major PSP providers, work on backend server-side systems, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure technical excellence in payment solutions.
13 Days Ago
London, UK
1,200 Employees
Expert/Leader
1,200 Employees
Expert/Leader
Digital Media • eCommerce • Gaming • Mobile • News + Entertainment
The Principal Software Engineer in Partner Engineering at Crunchyroll will lead deployments, optimize implementations, and manage integrations to enhance partnerships. Responsibilities include improving operations, defining new solutions, automating partner operations, and overseeing projects with various teams. The role entails technical engagement and creative problem solving to elevate user experiences.
13 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
242 Employees
Senior level
242 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Conversational AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs, optimize performance and security, and troubleshoot production issues. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in code reviews while ensuring the backend services meet customer needs.
15 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
242 Employees
Senior level
242 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Conversational AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will enhance the platform by designing, developing, and deploying backend services and APIs, ensuring optimal performance and security while collaborating across teams. Your role involves troubleshooting production issues and participating in code reviews.
16 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
744 Employees
Senior level
744 Employees
Senior level
Enterprise Web • Marketing Tech • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Contentful, you will enhance our content discovery capabilities by building and improving search engine systems, REST and GraphQL APIs, and leveraging AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital experiences, focusing on innovative AI solutions and large-scale database systems.
16 Days Ago
London, UK
Hybrid
21,000 Employees
21,000 Employees
Not Specified
Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Big Data Analytics
Analyzes, develops, designs, and maintains software for the organization’s products and systems. Performs system integration of software and hardware to maintain throughput and program consistency. Develops, validates, and tests structures and user documentation.
17 Days Ago
London, UK
6,000 Employees
Senior level
6,000 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Capco, you will develop cloud-based platforms in the financial services industry, utilizing Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Agile methodologies. The role requires deep technical knowledge, contributions to critical business applications, and effective communication of complex ideas.
17 Days Ago
London, UK
6,000 Employees
Senior level
6,000 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
As a Principal Backend Engineer at Capco, you will lead the development of cloud-based platforms, focusing on Java and Spring Boot. You will utilize Agile methodologies, influence the design and testing strategies, and mentor engineers while ensuring the delivery of high-quality software to transform financial services.
20 Days Ago
London, UK
6,000 Employees
Junior
6,000 Employees
Junior
Fintech • Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Backend Engineer position at Capco focusing on Java development for applications in the financial services industry. Responsible for demonstrating engineering best practices, contributing to projects, and staying updated on new technologies in the finance sector.
23 Days Ago
London, UK
Remote
2,050 Employees
Mid level
2,050 Employees
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Backend Engineer in Engineering Productivity at GitLab, you will enhance developer efficiency by optimizing workflows, measuring productivity, and implementing improvements to get insights into engineering performance. You will collaborate on tooling development, contribute to KPI initiatives, and actively improve the developer experience.
22 Minutes Ago
London, UK
Hybrid
468 Employees
Senior level
468 Employees
Senior level
Financial Services
As a Senior Backend Engineer at OakNorth, you will design and engineer large scale systems, embrace DevOps culture, and contribute to cross-functional teams focused on building innovative financial solutions. Your mentorship and collaborative skills will help grow colleagues while enhancing business impacts through technology.
An Hour Ago
London, UK
Hybrid
55 Employees
Senior level
55 Employees
Senior level
Big Data • Software • Big Data Analytics
The Senior Java Backend Engineer will be responsible for contributing to product engineering, implementing features for users of data streaming technology (Apache Kafka), collaborating with product and front-end teams, ensuring operational robustness for critical customer systems, and improving code quality and best practices.
3 Hours Ago
London, UK
380 Employees
Mid level
380 Employees
Mid level
Sales
The Senior Backend Engineer will design and develop Scala microservices connecting applications to CRMs and third-party tools, contribute to product architecture, and integrate external services using OAuth2.0. Strong programming skills in Java or C#, along with experience in Agile development, are essential.
4 Hours Ago
London, UK
50 Employees
Senior level
50 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Marketing Tech • Software • Generative AI
The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate AI models, optimizing backend services for performance, ensuring data integrity, and staying current with industry trends.
6 Hours Ago
London, UK
287 Employees
Senior level
287 Employees
Senior level
Beauty • Software
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby/Elixir code in a fast-paced environment. Work on switching from monolith to microservice architecture, focusing on domain-driven design. Collaborate with the team on different layers of the infrastructure at Fresha.
6 Hours Ago
London, UK
287 Employees
Senior level
287 Employees
Senior level
Beauty • Software
Senior Staff Backend Engineer role at Fresha, leading marketplace platform for beauty & wellness. Responsible for technical vision, strategy, and execution, ensuring system reliability and scalability. Hands-on coding skills, ownership of architecture, technical guidance, and cross-team initiatives.
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