Backend Engineer, Platform
£90,000 – £120,000
About The Role
Our Platform team creates the foundation that allows our entire engineering organisation to move fast. This means building shared tooling, managing migrations (including our move from a Ruby monolith), and evolving our infrastructure.
We’re looking for a Mid/Senior Backend Engineer to join a team that keeps frameworks lean and focuses on what matters: clean, maintainable code, shipped fast with TDD, DDD, and continuous integration and delivery.
We are a Go shop, and while we’re busy migrating away from our Ruby monolith, our stack includes PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, and Thrift. Everything runs on AWS and Kubernetes, managed via Terraform.
Our interview process includes a recruiter screen, algorithms and live coding. Senior+ candidates also complete a system design section and a structured review of past experience and achievements.
Responsibilities
Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Go.
Implement new microservices while helping us responsibly manage and migrate away from legacy services.
Work closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists to turn abstract requirements into concrete technical designs.
Ensure our systems stay responsive under heavy load, optimising for both latency and reliability.
Requirements
3+ years of experience (5+ years for seniors) building and maintaining scalable backend services.
We use Go. If you know it, great. If not, we’ll interview you in your strongest language (Python, C++, Java, Ruby, etc.). We hire for engineering fundamentals, not syntax.
In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
What We Offer
Office-based role in West London, four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice
Salary: £90,000 – £120,000
Employee stock options plan
Private medical and dental insurance
Life and critical illness cover
Latest-generation MacBook Pro and 4k display
Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys
Cycle to Work scheme
Professional development stipend
Relocation support, including visa sponsorship and allowance
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Published on: 7/6/2026
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