Backend Engineer

Clearly Jobs Ltd.; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 72 000 - 88 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Contributory pension scheme

Bonus

Resumo da oferta

Clearly Jobs Ltd. is seeking a Backend Engineer to join an early-stage tech business in London, where AI is at the heart of the product. You will own backend development across APIs, data services, and integrations, shaping a product from the ground up and delivering AI-powered capabilities.

You'll collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams, work with Python, FastAPI, Java/Spring, AWS, and modern CI/CD practices, and contribute to scalable, secure, observable systems.

Qualificações

• Extensive backend development experience with API-driven services.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
• Strong knowledge of API security and testing strategies.

Responsabilidades

• Build, scale, and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Integrate Java/Spring components with Python AI services.
• Design secure, reliable, high-performance systems.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver backend solutions for production environments.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Contribute to observability, testing, and security practices.

Conhecimentos

Python

SQL

API design

AWS

Java/Spring

LLM integrations

Observability

Security

Linux

AI tools

Ferramentas

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

AWS services

Linux

Descrição da oferta de emprego

BACKEND ENGINEER
UP TO £80,000
LONDON

This is an exciting opportunity to join an early-stage technology business where AI sits at the heart of product development and innovation. You'll play a key role in shaping a product from the ground up, working across the full technology stack and helping to deliver AI-powered capabilities that solve complex real-world problems.

THE COMPANY

Our client is a technology-driven organisation focused on developing software solutions that help businesses manage complex workflows, data, and decision-making processes. They operate in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where engineering, product, and business teams work closely together to deliver high-impact solutions. They offer the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects while contributing to the evolution of a rapidly growing product.

THE ROLE

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Build, scale, and maintain backend services, including APIs, workflow engines, data services, and system integrations.
• Develop and support integrations between Java/Spring platform components and Python-based AI services.
• Design secure, reliable, and high-performance systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver robust backend solutions for demanding production environments.
• Implement and enhance API architectures, observability frameworks, automated testing, and security best practices.
• Contribute to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence across AWS-based environments.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong commercial experience building backend applications.
• Strong Python experience is essential, with FastAPI as highly desirable
• Strong SQL and PostgreSQL expertise.
• Hands-on AWS experience, including cloud-native services, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of API design, testing strategies, monitoring, observability, and application security.
• Regular use of AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar productivity tools.
• Experience with Java/Spring, event-driven architectures, workflow engines and LLM integrations is highly desirable.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• Up to £80,000 base salary
• Contributory pension scheme
• Bonus