Lead Backend Platform Engineer — Cloud & Microservices (IoT)

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Your choice of equipment

Great office environment with good in‑

Job summary

Lead Software Engineer (Backend Platform Services) sought by a London startup. You will shape backend platforms, promote best practices, and mentor teammates to deliver reliable cloud services.

Ideal candidates bring deep experience in C#, Java or Python, microservices, REST, and cloud infrastructure, with strong leadership and communication skills. On-site office environment in London with modern facilities.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for developing technologies to solve real problems.
• Confidence to challenge our engineering customs and practices.
• Overwhelming desire to ‘do the right thing’ for customers.
• Technical depth
• Understanding of SOA and Microservices, HTTP and REST.
• Awareness of cloud infrastructure.
• OO programming and design.
• Coding Standards.
• Familiar with Agile framework.

Responsibilities

• Good communicator, willing to share and teach.
• Team player.
• Strong leadership.

Skills

C#, Java or Python

SOA & Microservices

HTTP & REST

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

Google Cloud

AWS

Azure

Job description

Lead Software Engineer (Backend Platform Services) sought by a London startup. You will shape backend platforms, promote best practices, and mentor teammates to deliver reliable cloud services.

Ideal candidates bring deep experience in C#, Java or Python, microservices, REST, and cloud infrastructure, with strong leadership and communication skills. On-site office environment in London with modern facilities.