backend engineer

nplan

<div>Salary: &pound;75-90k
Location: UK Remote, with minimal office travel required (1-2x per month)<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Ready to reshape one of the world&rsquo;s largest industries?</h3>
nPlan has built a unique AI platform that helps some of the largest construction companies better understand their projects, avoid delay risks, and improve the cost and delivery time of some of the most important infrastructure projects.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
The role:</h3>
You will work in a collaborative backend engineering team that owns the systems that power our platform. You will design, implement and build new capabilities that are performant, dependable, and extensible.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
What you&rsquo;ll do:</h3>
Spin your skills on the backend:<ul><li>
Design, build and deploy new backend capabilities: our customers are always asking for more, and especially more sophisticated AI systems. Help us stay on the cutting edge.</li><li>
Lead technical delivery: propose designs, evaluate trade-offs, drive changes from design to deployment. Don&rsquo;t be afraid to point out where we can and should be better.</li><li>
Improve operations: observability, incident response, performance, scaling, automation. We hate finding and dealing with bugs. You should too.</li><li>
Please mention the word &lsquo;crane&rsquo; in your application</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Our stack</h3>
We hire people who are generally language and stack-agnostic. We just ask that you are highly motivated to learn<ul><li>
Languages: Python, Go, Typescript</li><li>
APIs: GQL, gRPC, REST</li><li>
Databases: Postgresql, Vector DBs, BigQuery, blob storage</li><li>
Async: Vertex AI, GCP pub/sub</li><li>
Deployment: GCP, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Github Actions</li><li>
Operations: Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
What we&rsquo;re looking for</h3><ul><li>
We're building software that changes how the world plans and delivers infrastructure at scale. The problems are hard, the stakes are real, and the path isn't always clear - you're energised by that, not slowed down by it.</li><li>
Three-plus years of owning scalable, real-world systems. You know what breaks at 3am and why, and you've built things that don't. Kubernetes in a cloud environment is part of your toolkit we use at nPlan.</li><li>
You can take a blank page and design something reliable, testable, and scalable - not because you followed a framework, but because you understand the trade-offs well enough to make the right calls for the problem in front of you.</li><li>
Data modelling, indexing strategy, production-level migrations that don't wake anyone up - you treat the database as a first-class concern. You know what a slow query costs and you don't leave them lying around.</li><li>
You don't just write tests because you're supposed to. You write them because you've seen what happens when you don't. You'd raise the bar here, not just meet it.</li><li>
You understand attack surfaces and common vulnerabilities. If you've worked inside a SOC- or ISO-accredited company, that's a genuine plus - we take this seriously and you would too.</li><li>
Coding agents, LLMs, whatever gets the job done well and quickly is how we work - you've integrated these into how you work and you're thoughtful about where they help and where they need a human in the loop - that's brilliant, tell us more!</li><li>
You know a good review isn't about nit-picking style - it's a quality gate. With coding agents producing more code faster, this skill matters more than ever, and you treat it that way.</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
You might be our person if you&hellip;</h3><ul><li>
Build reliable backend systems: You&rsquo;ve designed, shipped, and operated production services and APIs that real users depend on.</li><li>
Think in distributed systems: You&rsquo;re comfortable with queues, retries, idempotency, consistency trade-offs, and failure modes.</li><li>
Care about operability: You set a high bar for observability (logs/metrics/traces), on-call readiness, incident response, and performance tuning.</li><li>
Model and work with data: You write strong SQL and understand indexing, migrations, data modelling, and referential integrity.</li><li>
Code with confidence: You build clean, well-tested services (unit/integration tests) and can work effectively in a modern backend stack (e.g., Python, Go, Typescript).</li><li>
Thrive in autonomy: You enjoy taking ambiguous problems, clarifying requirements, and driving work to a shippable solution.</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
What working at nPlan will be like</h3>
We are still a relatively small team, so there is plenty of opportunity for a high degree of ownership and growth over different areas of the product, and you will be directly exposed to all areas of the business.<ul><li>
Remote working, with minimal requirements to come to the Shoreditch office 1-2 times per month, and attend quarterly company get-togethers</li><li>
Your voice will always be heard. What you do or say counts, not who you are or where you're from. We are a cross-disciplinary team, and come from all backgrounds and cultures.</li><li>
We have three core values that underlie everything we do:<ul><li>
Learn from Everything</li><li>
Be Radically Truthful</li><li>
Aim High, Run Fast.</li><li>
These enable us to create a collaborative, inclusive environment where we can move effectively and efficiently to implement the best solutions.</li></ul></li><li>
Fantastic benefits package for Health &amp; Wellbeing, Learning &amp; Development, family leave, and more.</li><li>
Having time to yourself and a private life is important. We offer a very flexible work environment and a generous holiday policy.</li></ul>
We are working hard to create a workplace that is inclusive to everyone, no matter their background, or where they are in life. We believe that only a truly diverse place can create great products that serve a wide audience and improve the world.
We believe in equality of opportunities and that's why we make sure that these ideas are reflected in our values, and that we really apply these in all aspects of our company culture.
If you have a need for any adjustments during our interview process, let us know and we will do our best to accommodate them.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Hiring process</h3><ul><li>
Intro call (Recruiter) (15min)</li><li>
Skill Set interview (Engineering Manager) (15-30min)</li><li>
Practical exercise (Engineering Manager &amp; Backend Engineer) (60 min)</li><li>
Values Alignment call (60min)</li><li>
On-site (half a day, can be remote)</li></ul>
Apply
If this sounds like you, we&rsquo;d love to hear from you!</div>

Backend Engineer

TALENTMATE

<div>
 
 Job Description
 
 
 
 
 Job Description
 
 
 
 Presight AI is seeking an innovative, creative and experienced Backend Engineer to build the structure of advanced software applications by writing flawless business logic, server scripts, and APIs.
 
 
 
 The opportunity
 
 
 
 You get to play a key technical role in sustaining and optimizing the infrastructure that develops and delivers cutting edge, next-gen analytics solutions at Presight.
 
 
 Presight is UAE's leading Analytics-driven, Cloud first, AI-enabled company with a deep focus on driving digital transformation in the MENACA region to power the next generation of cities, businesses, and industries. When it comes to challenges faced by organizations in the MENACA regions, Presight has in-depth knowledge and expertise. Presight enables public and private sector stakeholders to make analytics-driven, intelligent decisions. Its solutions help steer digital transformation and simplify its customers' challenges across various industries, including digital governments, national security, national cloud, healthcare, financial sectors, and infrastructure.
 
 
 Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Presight has developed transformative products/solutions which enable its customers to gain a stark competitive advantage by integrating AI, deep Analytics and ML in their digital transformation. The team of over +190 staff includes domain specialists, operations experts, data scientists, solution architects, software developers, engineers and data analysts from different countries &ndash; all committed to delivering impact.
 
 
 Presight is an operating company of G42, UAE's leading AI and Cloud Computing company that champions AI as drivers that power progress, propelled by the combination of exceptional people and technology.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
 Reporting to the Lead Backend Engineer, Analytics, you will design business specific software components and modules using appropriate modelling techniques in line with agreed software design standards, patterns and methodology.
 
 
 
 Functional
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of software design and allow for both functional &amp; non-functional requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Model or simulate the behavior of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders and facilitate effective construction of the software.
 </li>
 <li>
 Design, code, verify, test, document, amend and re-factor complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
 </li>
 <li>
 Define and manage scoping, requirement definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assist with more complex change initiatives.
 </li>
 <li>
 Follow agreed standards and apply appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to the appropriate selection of a software development approach&mdash;predictive (plan-driven) or adaptive (iterative/agile).
 </li>
 <li>
 Design test cases and test scripts mapping back to pre-determined criteria, clearly recording and reporting outcomes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architecture, software and facilities.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop optimal solutions to enhance user experience, optimizing for maximum speed, scalability and technical feasibility.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in overall architecture discussion meetings to gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of a product and its functionalities.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Skills And Attributes For Success
 
 
 
 The yardsticks of your performance would include cost savings achieved, reduction in productivity loss, number of processes optimized, number of defect free tasks, adherence to policies, procedures &amp; quality standards, and customer NPS.
 
 
 
 To qualify, you must have
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
 </li>
 <li>
 Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering with strong computer science fundamentals
 </li>
 <li>
 At least 3 years of experience in Java Spring Boot and microservices development
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiar with Maven
 </li>
 <li>
 Extensive UNIX/LINUX experience and Shell scripting experience
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency in understanding data, entity relationships, structured &amp; unstructured data, SQL and NoSQL databases, better to be familiar with Elasticsearch
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in RESTful API development
 </li>
 <li>
 Practices in multithreading programming and concurrency programming
 </li>
 <li>
 Use git proficiently
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Ideally, you&rsquo;ll also need
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience in nginx server
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in using AWS or Azure cloud services
 </li>
 <li>
 A passion for constant improvement
 </li>
 <li>
 An innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent communication skills
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What we look for:
 
 
 
 If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the G42 community.
 
 
 
 What Working At G42 Offers
 
 
 
 
 
 Culture:
 
 
 An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.
 
 
 
 
 Career:
 
 
 Outstanding learning, development &amp; growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high-tech projects.
 
 
 
 
 Rewards:
 
 
 A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.
 
 
 Job Details
 
 
 Role Level: Not Applicable Work Type: Full-Time Country: United Arab Emirates City: Abu Dhabi Company Website: https://www.presight.ai Job Function: Software Development Company Industry/
 
 
 Sector: Other
 
 
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</div>

Presight

<div>
 
 Job Description
 
 
 
 Presight AI is seeking an innovative, creative and experienced Backend Engineer to build the structure of advanced software applications by writing flawless business logic, server scripts, and APIs.
 
 
 
 The opportunity
 
 
 
 You get to play a key technical role in sustaining and optimizing the infrastructure that develops and delivers cutting edge, next-gen analytics solutions at Presight.
 
 
 Presight is UAE's leading Analytics-driven, Cloud first, AI-enabled company with a deep focus on driving digital transformation in the MENACA region to power the next generation of cities, businesses, and industries. When it comes to challenges faced by organizations in the MENACA regions, Presight has in-depth knowledge and expertise. Presight enables public and private sector stakeholders to make analytics-driven, intelligent decisions. Its solutions help steer digital transformation and simplify its customers' challenges across various industries, including digital governments, national security, national cloud, healthcare, financial sectors, and infrastructure.
 
 
 Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Presight has developed transformative products/solutions which enable its customers to gain a stark competitive advantage by integrating AI, deep Analytics and ML in their digital transformation. The team of over +190 staff includes domain specialists, operations experts, data scientists, solution architects, software developers, engineers and data analysts from different countries &ndash; all committed to delivering impact.
 
 
 Presight is an operating company of G42, UAE's leading AI and Cloud Computing company that champions AI as drivers that power progress, propelled by the combination of exceptional people and technology.
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities
 
 
 
 Reporting to the Lead Backend Engineer, Analytics, you will design business specific software components and modules using appropriate modelling techniques in line with agreed software design standards, patterns and methodology.
 
 
 
 Functional
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Create and communicate multiple design views to identify and balance the concerns of all stakeholders of software design and allow for both functional &amp; non-functional requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Model or simulate the behavior of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders and facilitate effective construction of the software.
 </li>
 <li>
 Design, code, verify, test, document, amend and re-factor complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
 </li>
 <li>
 Define and manage scoping, requirement definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assist with more complex change initiatives.
 </li>
 <li>
 Follow agreed standards and apply appropriate techniques to elicit and document detailed requirements.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to the appropriate selection of a software development approach&mdash;predictive (plan-driven) or adaptive (iterative/agile).
 </li>
 <li>
 Design test cases and test scripts mapping back to pre-determined criteria, clearly recording and reporting outcomes.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architecture, software and facilities.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop optimal solutions to enhance user experience, optimizing for maximum speed, scalability and technical feasibility.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in overall architecture discussion meetings to gain a detailed understanding of the complete architecture of a product and its functionalities.
 </li>
 <li>
 Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Skills And Attributes For Success
 
 
 
 The yardsticks of your performance would include cost savings achieved, reduction in productivity loss, number of processes optimized, number of defect free tasks, adherence to policies, procedures &amp; quality standards, and customer NPS.
 
 
 
 To qualify, you must have
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
 </li>
 <li>
 Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering with strong computer science fundamentals
 </li>
 <li>
 At least 3 years of experience in Java Spring Boot and microservices development
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiar with Maven
 </li>
 <li>
 Extensive UNIX/LINUX experience and Shell scripting experience
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency in understanding data, entity relationships, structured &amp; unstructured data, SQL and NoSQL databases, better to be familiar with Elasticsearch
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in RESTful API development
 </li>
 <li>
 Practices in multithreading programming and concurrency programming
 </li>
 <li>
 Use git proficiently
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Ideally, you&rsquo;ll also need
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience in nginx server
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in using AWS or Azure cloud services
 </li>
 <li>
 A passion for constant improvement
 </li>
 <li>
 An innovative and creative approach to problem-solving
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent communication skills
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What we look for:
 
 
 
 If you are a performance-driven, inquisitive mind with the agility to adapt to ambiguity, you will fit right in. You should be eager to explore opportunities to build meaningful collaborations with stakeholders and aspire to create unique customer-centric solutions. Bias for action and a passion to conquer new frontiers in the AI space is at the heart of the G42 community.
 
 
 
 What working at G42 offers:
 
 
 
 
 
 Culture:
 
 
 An open, diverse and inclusive environment with a global vision that encourages personal growth and focuses on ground-breaking, industry-first innovations.
 
 
 
 
 Career:
 
 
 Outstanding learning, development &amp; growth opportunities via structured training programs and innovative, high-tech projects.
 
 
 
 
 Rewards:
 
 
 A competitive remuneration package with a host of perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.
</div>

JUSTLIFE

<div>Senior Software Engineer &mdash; Backend
Engineering &middot; Dubai, UAE &middot; Full-time
Every line of backend code you write at Justlife moves the real world. Our dispatching engine routes thousands of trained professionals to real homes across the GCC &mdash; over 15 million sessions and counting. Backend here isn&rsquo;t a back office; it&rsquo;s the engine of the business.
We&rsquo;re the region&rsquo;s leading super-app for home services, scaling fast across the UAE and KSA, and we&rsquo;re building an AI-first engineering organization. We&rsquo;re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to own hard problems at scale &mdash; and help shape how we build, not just inherit it.
What you&rsquo;ll own
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you&rsquo;ll take end-to-end ownership of services that sit at the core of our marketplace &mdash; setting technical direction in your domain, raising the engineering bar, and mentoring the engineers around you. A few of the problems you&rsquo;ll work on:<ul><li>
Smart matching at scale: the customer-to-supplier dispatching algorithms that match demand to the right professional in real time</li><li>
Live operations: real-time order tracking and the availability &amp; assignment systems behind it</li><li>
Platform &amp; integrations: designing and optimizing APIs for third-party integrations, with API-first development and end-to-end API testing</li><li>
Data &amp; reliability: database modeling, a safer and more flexible attribute-management system, and performance at scale</li><li>
Experimentation &amp; AI: A/B experimentation structures and prototyping with AI tools to ship and learn faster</li></ul>
What we&rsquo;re looking for (must-have)<ul><li>
Strong proficiency in Java and hands-on experience with Spring Boot (MVC architecture, RESTful services)</li><li>
Deep comfort with relational databases (MySQL) and ORM frameworks such as Hibernate</li><li>
Experience designing distributed, high-throughput systems &mdash; message queues (RabbitMQ) and caching (Redis)</li><li>
Solid grasp of SOLID principles, object-oriented design and design patterns, with strong code quality and testing discipline (unit and integration tests)</li><li>
Senior-level ownership: you can take a service from design to production, make sound technical trade-offs, and lift the people around you</li></ul>
Nice to have<ul><li>
Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB)</li><li>
Exposure to AI agents and automation frameworks &mdash; a real plus as we build AI-first</li><li>
Cloud and container experience (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)</li><li>
Comfort with Git-based workflows and CI/CD</li><li>
Experience with PHP</li></ul>
One thing to know
Part of this role is helping us evolve a legacy PHP 7 service (Symfony / Doctrine) and migrate it onto our Java platform. If you see that as an ownership opportunity rather than a chore, you&rsquo;ll fit right in. You&rsquo;ll also join our on-call rota &mdash; we keep it fair, shared, and well-supported.
Why Justlife
You&rsquo;ll join a tight, high-trust engineering team with real autonomy and an entrepreneurial culture &mdash; 200+ full-time team members, 5K+ service professionals, and a genuine people-first ethos. We invest in your growth: mentorship and coaching, training, fast-track career paths, and a fair, objective performance system. We also take care of the everyday &mdash; an extra day off on your birthday, free Justlife credits to enjoy our own services, recognition through our JustHeroes program, and a referral bonus when you bring in great people.
How we hire
We respect your time and keep our process clear: a first conversation with our People &amp; Culture team, a technical interview with our hiring manager, a case study with a deeper system-design / problem-solving session, and a final conversation with the engineering leadership. We aim to move quickly and keep you informed at every step.
Everyone&rsquo;s welcome
Justlife is an equal-opportunity employer. We hire on the strength of your skills and potential, and we welcome applicants of every background, nationality, and experience. If you&rsquo;re excited about this role but don&rsquo;t tick every box, we&rsquo;d still love to hear from you.
Join the tribe and let&rsquo;s become #everydaybetter, together.
wNhSkWStwo</div>

Senior Backend Engineer

SchemeServe

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">About SchemeServe</h2>
SchemeServe is insurance software like no other.
Hosted in the cloud for MGAs, brokers and insurers, the SchemeServe platform boasts unique flexibility, unstoppable innovation and truly Obsessive Support.
Started in 2000 by our CEO, Adam, SchemeServe has grown from strength to strength, never having taken outside investment. We are proud of how far we&rsquo;ve come and how loyal we've stayed to our Core Values.
We are a fully remote company (even before the pandemic!); however, we do meet twice a year for a Team Retreat (one in March, one in September). These are used as a time to relax, share ideas and get to know each other better.
We absolutely prize self-development and encourage staff to continue learning and set new challenges for themselves. Free books? Mentoring? Professional Development? You got it.
We also offer flexible working, paid days to do charity work, a warm and friendly working environment, a fantastic, relaxed and open company culture and free biscuits through the post.
We genuinely believe this is the best place you could ever work.
If you're excited, good! So are we.
We'd love to hear from you if you're:<ul>
<li>A curious person who thrives on challenge.</li>
<li>Self-motivated and thorough.</li>
<li>Daring and happy to go against the grain.</li>
<li>Passionate about engineering excellence.</li>
<li>Excited by helping others grow and succeed.</li>
</ul>Come and join the Insurtech revolution!<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Principal Backend Engineer</h3>
We're looking for an exceptional Principal Backend Engineer based in the UK to help define and elevate backend engineering across SchemeServe.
This role will become the CTO's primary technical partner for backend engineering, helping define how we build, operate and evolve software across the organisation.
This is not primarily a feature delivery role. While you'll remain technically hands-on enough to review designs, assess implementations and understand architectural challenges, your primary focus will be enabling other engineers and teams to deliver exceptional software.
There will be occasions where you'll need to roll up your sleeves and contribute directly to implementation work, help unblock teams or help critical initiatives reach the finish line. However, your success will be measured by the impact you have across the engineering organisation rather than the volume of features you personally deliver.
Working closely with our CTO, you'll be responsible for helping define backend engineering standards, driving consistency across teams, improving security and reliability practices, and helping shape the long-term evolution of our platform.
You'll act as a technical leader and trusted advisor across the business, ensuring that our backend systems remain maintainable, scalable and secure as we continue to grow.
Our platform currently spans a mature C# .NET Framework 4.7 monolith alongside an expanding ecosystem of modern C# .NET 10 and TypeScript services hosted on Azure and supported by Cloudflare.
While these technologies form our current platform, we're pragmatic rather than dogmatic. We expect our Principal Backend Engineer to help evaluate new technologies, patterns and approaches where they provide clear business value.
Success in this role comes from influence rather than authority. You'll work across multiple engineering teams, building alignment around best practices, architectural direction and engineering quality, helping every backend engineer produce better software than they could alone.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Our Current Technology</h3>
Our current backend estate includes:<ul>
<li>.NET Framework 4.7 monolith</li>
<li>Newer services built on C# .NET 10 and TypeScript</li>
<li>Various databases, including Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis and other supporting technologies</li>
<li>Azure cloud infrastructure</li>
<li>Cloudflare platform services</li>
<li>API-first architecture</li>
<li>Git-based development workflows</li>
</ul>As part of our ongoing evolution, we're continuing to modernise our platform and invest heavily in engineering quality, scalability and operational excellence.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Responsibilities</h3><ul>
<li>Partner with the CTO to define and evolve SchemeServe's backend engineering strategy.</li>
<li>Establish and maintain backend engineering standards, principles and best practices.</li>
<li>Drive consistency across multiple engineering teams in architecture, implementation patterns and operational practices.</li>
<li>Champion secure software development practices and help embed security throughout the software development lifecycle.</li>
<li>Define and improve code quality standards, review processes and engineering governance.</li>
<li>Provide architectural guidance for new systems, services and platform initiatives.</li>
<li>Help shape and guide the ongoing transformation of our .NET Framework monolith into a modern service-based, API-first platform.</li>
<li>Provide technical leadership across both C# and TypeScript backend ecosystems.</li>
<li>Act as a technical mentor and coach for backend engineers across the organisation.</li>
<li>Review significant technical proposals, designs and architectural decisions.</li>
<li>Drive improvements in observability, resilience, performance and operational excellence.</li>
<li>Identify technical risks and help teams navigate them successfully.</li>
<li>Help teams make pragmatic technology decisions, balancing innovation, risk and long-term maintainability.</li>
<li>Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering practices, identifying opportunities that provide genuine business value.</li>
<li>Foster a culture of engineering excellence, continuous learning and constructive technical challenge.</li>
<li>Occasionally, contribute directly to implementation work when strategic initiatives or business priorities require it.</li>
<li>Represent backend engineering interests in strategic technical discussions.</li>
<li>Build strong relationships across Engineering, Product and Leadership teams.</li>
<li>Be a generally awesome person.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Essential Experience</h3><ul>
<li>Commercial experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.</li>
<li>Deep expertise in modern backend engineering practices.</li>
<li>Strong experience with C#/.NET and TypeScript, with the ability to work effectively across multiple backend technologies.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems and API design.</li>
<li>Experience working with both legacy applications and modern service-oriented architectures.</li>
<li>Proven experience defining engineering standards across multiple teams or departments.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of secure software development practices and application security principles.</li>
<li>Deep understanding of code quality, maintainability and software craftsmanship.</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services and cloud-native architecture.</li>
<li>Excellent understanding of modern databases and data modelling principles.</li>
<li>Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.</li>
<li>Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.</li>
<li>Proven ability to influence technical direction through expertise, collaboration and communication.</li>
<li>Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards across teams.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing strategies and modern software delivery practices.</li>
<li>Excellent Git knowledge and development workflow practices.</li>
<li>Ability to balance long-term technical strategy with short-term business priorities.</li>
<li>Be in the UK</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Nice To Have</h3><ul>
<li>Experience in modernising large monolithic applications.</li>
<li>Experience with Cloudflare services and edge technologies.</li>
<li>Experience building and operating SaaS platforms at scale.</li>
<li>Experience within financial services, insurance or other regulated industries.</li>
<li>Knowledge of observability tooling, platform engineering and site reliability practices.</li>
<li>Experience with AI-assisted software development workflows and engineering productivity tooling.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">What Success Looks Like</h3>
Within your first year, you will have:<ul>
<li>Established yourself as a trusted technical partner to the CTO.</li>
<li>Further evolved and embedded backend engineering standards across the organisation.</li>
<li>Improved consistency in architecture, coding practices and operational processes across multiple teams.</li>
<li>Raised awareness and adoption of secure software development practices.</li>
<li>Supported engineers through mentoring, coaching and technical leadership.</li>
<li>Influenced key platform modernisation initiatives.</li>
<li>Helped create a clear technical vision for the future evolution of SchemeServe's backend platform.</li>
<li>Helped shape the future direction of backend engineering at SchemeServe.</li>
<li>Made a lasting positive impact on the quality, security and maintainability of our platform.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Why Join SchemeServe?</h3><ul>
<li>Fully remote UK-based role.</li>
<li>Twice-yearly company retreats.</li>
<li>Flexible working arrangements.</li>
<li>Dedicated professional development support.</li>
<li>Paid charity days.</li>
<li>Friendly, supportive and highly collaborative culture.</li>
<li>Opportunity to shape the technical future of a successful, independent software company.</li>
<li>Work directly alongside the CTO on engineering strategy and innovation.</li>
<li>Monthly biscuit deliveries.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Note for Recruiters</h3>
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 <div><div><ul><li>Permanent
 </li><li>Full time
 </li><li>&pound;60,000 - &pound;65,000
 </li><li>Remote
 </li><li>Engineering</li></ul></div></div><div></div>

Principal Backend Engineer

Zuma Labs

<div>
 
 
 
 About the Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zuma Labs is a disruptive technology startup building force multipliers for systemic industries. Our first two products, Venetian and Squawk, target the over-the-counter (OTC) trading markets. We work closely with our customers and count a large publicly traded brokerage among our partners. Trading technology is an old industry&hellip; and we&rsquo;re here to change that. At Zuma Labs, we value creativity, entrepreneurship, and a genuine passion for problem-solving -but what we&rsquo;re really looking for are born-and-bred hackers with a healthy disrespect for the status quo.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 About the Role
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 You will work directly with the founder, experienced brokers, and traders, providing input that immediately impacts the business. You&rsquo;ll be given broad tasks that support the company&rsquo;s vision, with incredible autonomy over how to achieve them. Your work will apply the latest analytical techniques to real-world problems, prioritising working solutions over perfect answers. We want self-starters who are confident but humble, willing to ask questions, seek advice, and iterate fast.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Build and maintain backend services and APIs powering Zuma&rsquo;s platforms using Python, Django, Torch, and SGLang.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate with frontend engineers, product teams, and traders to deliver features that directly impact real-world users.
 </li>
 <li>
 Design and implement scalable, reliable, and performant backend systems.
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop and maintain microservices, containerized applications, and supporting infrastructure.
 </li>
 <li>
 Solve complex problems with practical solutions and data-driven approaches.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and testing strategies.
 </li>
 <li>
 Identify performance or reliability bottlenecks and propose improvements.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Qualifications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Strong experience with Python and Django.
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with Torch (PyTorch) for analytical or ML workloads.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency in SGLang or willingness to learn domain-specific languages.
 </li>
 <li>
 A keen sense of system design and desire to build elegant, maintainable solutions.
 </li>
 <li>
 General understanding of supporting infrastructure: git, microservices, containers, etc.
 </li>
 <li>
 Comfortable working with numbers and data, with or without prior trading/finance experience.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with writing unit and integration tests and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Preferred Skills
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience with GraphQL or REST API development.
 </li>
 <li>
 Knowledge of asynchronous programming, message queues, or real-time streaming architectures.
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker).
 </li>
 <li>
 Exposure to data pipelines, analytics workflows, or ML deployment.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience working in startup or product-led teams.
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pay range and compensation package
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Work in a high-impact startup environment where your work immediately affects the business. Collaborate directly with founders, traders, and product experts. Apply your backend engineering skills to real-world problems that go beyond theoretical exercises. Grow as a developer and problem solver in a culture that encourages creativity, ownership, and experimentation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Equal Opportunity Statement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.
 
 
 
 
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GLS/NXT

<div>
 
 Join
 
 GLS/NXT
 
 as a
 
 Senior Backend Engineer
 
 and help shape the future of out-of-home delivery. We&rsquo;re building the
 
 OOH Platform
 
 - a scalable system that empowers carriers across multiple countries to deploy, manage, and optimize parcel locker networks with ease.
 
 
 
 At GLS/NXT, you&rsquo;ll work at the intersection of
 
 startup energy and enterprise muscle -
 
 moving fast, experimenting freely, and owning your work end-to-end. We care deeply about solving real user problems and building reliable, high-quality backend systems that make logistics smarter and more connected.
 
 
 
 If you&rsquo;re driven by impact, thrive in a collaborative and fast-moving environment, and love turning complex challenges into elegant and simple technical solutions, we&rsquo;d love to have you on board. Let&rsquo;s build the future of logistics - together.
 
 
 Tasks
 
 <ul>
 
 <li>
 Design, build, and maintain server-side applications with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features and improvements.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 Drive best practices in code quality, security, and testing across the development lifecycle.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software systems proactively and effectively.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously drive innovation within the team.
 </li>
 
 </ul>
 
 Requirements
 
 <ul>
 
 <li>
 
 5+ years of proven experience
 
 as a Backend Engineer or in a similar role within a cross-functional team environment.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Proficiency in Kotlin
 
 for backend development.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot
 
 , building robust and scalable services.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Solid experience with SQL and relational databases
 
 , including schema design and performance optimization.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Experience with event-driven architectures
 
 (e.g., Kafka, SNS/SQS).
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Proficiency in REST API design principles
 
 , microservices architecture, and cloud-based services (preferably AWS).
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Experience deploying applications
 
 using containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Comfortable working in an Agile environment
 
 , embracing incremental delivery and continuous feedback.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
 
 , with a keen eye for debugging and performance tuning.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
 
 , with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
 </li>
 
 </ul>
 
 Benefits
 
 <ul>
 
 <li>
 
 Dynamic workplace:
 
 A digital environment with international projects and space to learn and grow
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Flexible work conditions:
 
 Hybrid working mode with a tailored remote policy
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Focus on learning:
 
 A personal budget (1.000&euro;) for learning and development initiatives
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Physical space for ideas:
 
 A great office space in Berlin Mitte with top-tier equipment
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Transparent and competitive compensation:
 
 A salary package that reflects your expertise and experience.
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Active participation:
 
 A clear bonus system enabling participation in your and the team&rsquo;s performance
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Engaging team culture:
 
 Monthly team cooking, regular events and offsites
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Vacation policy:
 
 30 days of yearly holiday
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Reward system:
 
 Rewards for the recommendation of additional team members
 </li>
 
 </ul>
 
 
 
 About GLS/NXT
 
 
 
 
 GLS/NXT was founded with the mission to build the next generation of logistic experiences driven by technology - core, adjacent &amp; beyond. More specifically, our sphere of interest is the Logistics and eCommerce sector. We are entrepreneurs and hence always start with the user's needs. We are located between Corporate and Startups and leverage the benefits from both (startup speed and corporate muscle). GLS/NXT inhabits different project teams, acting as startups with business responsibility and setting their own vision and mission. GLS/NXT is part of the GLS IT Services GmbH.
 
 
 
 
 Commitment to Diversity
 
 
 
 
 GLS/NXT is an equal opportunity employer, which means we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
 
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