AI-Native Backend Engineer for E-Commerce

Edmund Optics Ltd.; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private medical & dental insurance

Training & development

Gym membership

Job summary

Edmund Optics Ltd. is seeking a Senior E-commerce Backend Engineer with AI-native expertise to design and extend the company’s modular e-commerce backend.

You will connect core capabilities like personalization, LLM-driven search, DAM, PIM, and SAP/HANA, building APIs and data flows for scalable, secure systems. The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, strong engineering judgment, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field.
• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with SAP and SAP HANA data and integration patterns.
• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted or agentic coding workflows.
• Strong backend software engineering experience, APIs, and integrations.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Backend Platform Development: design, build, maintain, and extend backend services and APIs.
• AI-Native Software Development: use AI coding agents to generate/refactor/test/debug production code.
• E-commerce Systems Integration: integrate personalization, semantic/LLM search, DAM, PIM, analytics.
• Enterprise Data & ERP Integration: build integrations with SAP/HANA and other systems.
• API & Service Architecture: create scalable, secure APIs for internal and external use.
• LLM & Semantic Capabilities: add AI/semantic features for product discovery and retrieval.
• Quality, Testing & Debugging: automate testing and ensure production reliability.

Skills

Backend development

AI-assisted coding

APIs & integrations

RESTful APIs

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related field

Tools

SAP

SAP HANA

Job description

Edmund Optics Ltd. is seeking a Senior E-commerce Backend Engineer with AI-native expertise to design and extend the company’s modular e-commerce backend.

You will connect core capabilities like personalization, LLM-driven search, DAM, PIM, and SAP/HANA, building APIs and data flows for scalable, secure systems. The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, strong engineering judgment, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.