Top Backend Developer Jobs in London

6 Hours AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead and build scalable backend services for European accounts using Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot. Design account-level features, work with product and analytics, drive architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver data-driven solutions for local payment methods and account products.
Top Skills: Cloud TechnologiesJavaKafkaKotlinRelational DatabasesSpring BootSQL
Reposted 7 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
As a Principal Backend Engineer, you will build scalable backend services with Java, design APIs, implement microservices, and work with AWS cloud technologies.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdCloudFormationJavaKafkaSpring Boot
Reposted 11 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Mid level
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
As a Backend Engineer, you'll build and improve technology for small businesses, focusing on developing reliable code, collaborating on projects, participating in code reviews, and enhancing operational efficiency.
Top Skills: .NetAWSGitGoHelmJavaKotlinKubernetes
Reposted 11 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Mid level
Mid level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
The role involves designing and developing backend services, maintaining RESTful APIs, and optimizing systems for financial transactions with a focus on automation and security best practices.
Top Skills: Apache KafkaAWSJavaKotlinPostgresRestful ApisSpring Boot
7 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Consulting
Lead client accounts as a senior technical advisor, identifying opportunities and driving account growth. Translate business needs into scalable, secure full-stack architectures across cloud, data, integration, and DevOps. Support proposal development, oversee solution design and delivery, mentor engineers and architects, and contribute to practice IP and engineering best practices. This is a billable, client-facing director role focused on strategic technical influence and delivery quality.
Top Skills: APIsBack-EndCloudDataDevOpsFront-EndFull StackIntegrationModern Application DevelopmentPlatform EngineeringSoftware Architecture
Reposted 12 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Professional Services • Consulting • Energy • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
The role involves designing and building cloud-native applications using Java and Spring Boot, focusing on scalable microservices for financial institutions while leading agile practices.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdCloudFormationJavaKafkaNoSQLSpring BootSQL
Reposted 13 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Senior Backend Engineer at Teya will design, develop, and maintain core backend systems supporting various aspects of the business, ensuring scalability and reliability while collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring developers.
Top Skills: .NetAWSGoHelmJavaKotlinKubernetesLaravelReactorSpring
Reposted 4 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
London, UK
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
The Senior Software Engineer will lead the development of backend systems for payment processing, collaborating with teams, setting goals, and fostering quality and ownership in code development.
Top Skills: AWSKotlinKubernetesMySQLPython
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Backend Engineer, you'll enhance accounting integrations, improve workflows, expand global offerings, and build a scalable platform architecture.
Top Skills: Database FundamentalsDistributed SystemsGoJavaKafkaPythonRestful Apis
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
The Senior Backend Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, optimize applications, build APIs, and collaborate across teams to improve user workflows and product efficiency.
Top Skills: CassandraDockerElasticsearchGitGoGradleJavaKafkaKubernetesPythonRustSpark
16 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
The Senior Backend Software Engineer collaborates in teams to design and build scalable infrastructure systems, optimizing data-driven applications across sectors.
Top Skills: CassandraElasticsearchFlinkGitGoGradleJavaKafkaKubernetesRustSpark
16 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Junior
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
Backend Software Engineers at Palantir build scalable software solutions, collaborate across teams, and develop systems for data processing and storage, enhancing product capabilities.
Top Skills: C++CassandraElasticsearchFlinkGitGoGradleJavaKafkaKubernetesPythonRustSpark
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16 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
London, UK
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
Backend Software Engineers at Palantir build and maintain scalable backend services, develop APIs, optimize applications for performance, and collaborate across teams to shape user workflows.
Top Skills: CassandraDockerElasticsearchGitGoGradleJavaKafkaKubernetesPythonRustSpark
Reposted 8 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
London, UK
Easy Apply
Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Staff Backend Engineer at GitLab, you'll enhance backend infrastructure for CI, integrate AI features, and ensure reliability and performance in CI/CD workflows.
Top Skills: AICi/Cd WorkflowsPostgresRubyRuby On Rails
Reposted 8 Days AgoSaved
Easy Apply
Remote
London, UK
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll manage Kubernetes clusters, implement GitOps workflows, establish infrastructure as code practices, and enhance platform reliability and security controls.
Top Skills: Amazon EksArgocdAzure AksBashGoGoogle GkeKubernetesPythonTerraform
Reposted 8 Days AgoSaved
Easy Apply
Remote
London, UK
Easy Apply
Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
The Staff Backend Engineer enhances Developer Experience by improving engineering workflows, reducing testing flakiness, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and fostering a culture of learning across teams.
Top Skills: GoRuby
Reposted 22 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
Lead development projects focusing on customer experiences and operational management. Mentor other engineers, make strategic tech decisions, and solve complex challenges while contributing high-quality code.
Top Skills: GoJavaKotlin
Reposted 14 Days AgoSaved
Remote
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology
As a Senior Backend Engineer at DuckDuckGo, you'll lead backend projects, mentor engineers, and develop AI-enhanced features for the company's privacy-centric product line.
Top Skills: Ai ToolingGoNode.jsPerlRag Pipelines
4 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office or Remote
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Software • Travel • Hospitality • PropTech
Build, operate, and extract guest-facing backend services for a high-traffic booking platform using PHP and Go. Design APIs for agentic interfaces, improve performance and page speed, collaborate with Product and Design, and leverage AI coding tools to accelerate delivery while contributing to architecture and migration from a monolith to service-oriented systems.
Top Skills: Ai Coding ToolsClaudeClaude CodeCopilotCursorGoGraphQLPHPRest
4 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office or Remote
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Software • Travel • Hospitality • PropTech
Lead design and delivery of a greenfield trust accounting backend: build secure, scalable, auditable financial services, enforce quality and observability, collaborate with product/finance/legal, and mentor engineers.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdGoKubernetesPHPReact
6 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
Build and maintain scalable backend and platform infrastructure powering enterprise-grade LLM workloads. Design systems across APIs, data flows, job orchestration, observability, and reliability to accelerate product teams and ensure high-throughput, low-fragility LLM processing for large customers.
Top Skills: JavaKotlinLlm InfrastructurePortkeyPostgresReactSpecialised Llm HarnessTanstackTemporalVite
Reposted 21 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Mid level
Mid level
Mobile • Software
The Backend Engineer will write high-quality Go code, implement microservices, manage legacy service migration, and optimize system performance.
Top Skills: AWSGoGrpcKubernetesMongoDBPostgresRabbitMQRedisTerraformThrift
Reposted 21 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Mobile • Software
Develop and maintain scalable backend services, focusing on TDD, DDD, and CI/CD. Collaborate with teams to optimize systems and code quality.
Top Skills: AWSGoGrpcKubernetesMongoDBPostgresRabbitMQRedisTerraformThrift
Reposted 21 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Mobile • Software
The Senior Backend Engineer will develop scalable backend services using Go, optimize systems for performance, and collaborate with teams on technical designs.
Top Skills: AWSGoGrpcKubernetesMongoDBPostgresRabbitMQRedisTerraformThrift
Reposted 21 Hours AgoSaved
In-Office
London, UK
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
The role involves developing digital solutions, leading teams in Agile and DevOps environments, and mentoring while ensuring high-quality Java-based systems development and testing.
Top Skills: AntAtlassianBootstrapCSSDockerGitGradleHTMLJavaKubernetesMavenMySQLPostgresSpring Boot
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