Backend Engineer

rmg digital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly team meet-ups

London coworking space access

Remote work from UK

Job summary

RMG is partnering with an insurtech scale-up to hire a Backend Engineer for a permanent, full-time role. This UK-based remote position offers freedom to build modern distributed architecture from the ground up, with monthly team meet-ups and access to a London coworking space. Visa sponsorship is not available.

You will own backend services, design APIs, and contribute to ML pipelines while operating in an Agile environment with cross-functional peers.

Qualifications

• Deep commercial server-side development experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Proven API design, microservices architecture, and production-ready services.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale robust, high-performance backend microservices powered by Node.js and TypeScript.
• Design clean, reliable RESTful APIs and integrate services supporting mobile apps, core insurance features, and ML pipelines.
• Champion clean architecture principles, technical excellence, and distributed system reliability.
• Take complete end-to-end ownership of backend services with observability and resilience.
• Collaborate in an Agile environment with cross-functional teams to ship features rapidly.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

API design

Microservices

Clean architecture

Distributed systems

React.js

React Native

Agile teams

Tools

RESTful APIs

Job description

Ready to take full ownership of resilient, cloud-native services that directly shape a transformative product?

At RMG, a specialist technology recruiting agency, we are partnering with an innovative insurtech scale-up that is transforming the automotive insurance landscape through telematics, real-time driver behaviour analytics, and machine learning models. We are searching for an ambitious Backend Engineer to join their engineering team on a permanent, full-time basis. This UK-based remote position offers true technical freedom to build modern distributed architecture from the ground up, complemented by monthly team meet-ups and access to a London co-working space. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale robust, high-performance backend microservices powered by Node.js and TypeScript.
• Design clean, reliable RESTful APIs and integrate services supporting mobile apps, core insurance features, and complex machine learning pipelines.
• Champion clean architecture principles, technical excellence, and distributed system reliability across the entire codebase.
• Take complete end-to-end ownership of backend services, ensuring deep observability, proactive performance tuning, and operational resilience.
• Collaborate closely within an Agile environment alongside cross-functional peers in product, design, and engineering to ship impactful features rapidly.

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep commercial software engineering experience focused on server-side development with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Proven track record in API design, microservices architecture, and deploying production-ready services.
• Strong grasp of clean architecture, design patterns, and building dependable, high-throughput distributed systems.
• Practical exposure to full-stack integration points, including familiarity with modern frontend and mobile ecosystems using React.js and React Native.
• Solid experience operating in cross-functional Agile teams (Scrum or Kanban) paired with clear, proactive technical communication skills.

Nice-to-have

• Commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), especially Cloud Pub/Sub and Datastore.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture, streaming data, and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Experience designing and implementing GraphQL schemas and endpoints.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code using Terraform alongside CI/CD tooling like CircleCI.
• Working knowledge of application observability platforms such as DataDog for APM, metrics, and tracing.
• Understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) or Hexagonal Architecture principles.
• Prior experience thriving in a fast-paced start-up or scale-up engineering environment.

What We Offer / Why Join

Join a mission-driven engineering team where greenfield problem-solving takes priority over legacy patching. You will enjoy substantial technical autonomy, direct architectural input, and the chance to build distributed systems that handle sophisticated, real-world data pipelines. Work remotely from anywhere within the United Kingdom, with the added benefit of regular monthly team gatherings and access to an optional collaborative workspace in London whenever you want to connect in person.