Lead Backend Engineer: Gen AI & Personalization

The Economist Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media organization seeks a Staff Software Engineer for their Gen AI and Personalization platform in the United Kingdom. The role involves leading backend service design, making critical architectural decisions, and mentoring engineering teams. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience in backend engineering, deep AWS expertise, and strong DevOps skills. This position offers flexible working in a hybrid environment, competitive benefits, and an opportunity to work on innovative AI projects.

Benefits

Competitive pension plan

Private health insurance

Work From Anywhere program

Generous annual leave

Access to The Economist content

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering.
• Deep experience with AWS and cloud-native applications.
• Expertise in API design and distributed backend systems.
• Strong DevOps skills, including CI/CD and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and operation of backend services for Gen AI.
• Drive architectural decisions for reliability and security.
• Build cloud infrastructure on AWS using DevOps practices.
• Develop APIs and integration patterns for engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical initiatives.

Skills

Backend or platform engineering

AWS

API design

DevOps skills

RAG integration

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Terraform

React

Next.js

Job description

A leading media organization seeks a Staff Software Engineer for their Gen AI and Personalization platform in the United Kingdom. The role involves leading backend service design, making critical architectural decisions, and mentoring engineering teams. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience in backend engineering, deep AWS expertise, and strong DevOps skills. This position offers flexible working in a hybrid environment, competitive benefits, and an opportunity to work on innovative AI projects.