Mid-level Backend Engineer (Remote) - UK

AlphaSights; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global research platform seeks a talented Software Engineer to join their Engineering team in London. You will design solutions, develop and deploy high-quality code primarily using React and Kotlin, and work closely with product managers and designers. Ideal candidates should have a degree in a STEM subject, along with 3+ years of experience in a mature Engineering team and technical expertise in Java or Kotlin. This role offers a dynamic environment focused on excellence and team collaboration.

Benefits

Learning & Development budget

Work with exceptional colleagues

High-performance environment

Qualifications

• A degree in a STEM subject is preferred but not mandatory.
• 3+ years of experience in a mature Engineering team is required.
• Technical expertise with Java or Kotlin and experience with relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Define the best technical solutions to business problems.
• Ship working code primarily using React and Kotlin.
• Deploy frequently, gathering feedback for iterations.
• Monitor services, diagnosing issues and deploying fixes.

Skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Technical expertise in Java or Kotlin

Experience with relational databases

Education

Degree in a STEM subject

Tools

React

Kotlin

PostgreSQL

Ruby on Rails

CircleCI

Spinnaker

Job description

The role

We are looking for highly talented and driven software engineers who take pride in their work, to expand our Engineering team in London. Successful candidates will join a cross functional team including product managers and designers working closely with the rest of our business to deliver working code that solves real problems for both internal and external customers. You will take ownership of the problems that your team solves, ensuring a high level of quality in everything that we release, working as part of a top performing international development team. If you have a strong passion for solving problems with code, and want to work with exceptional colleagues in a high achievement environment, this role is a good fit for you.

What you’ll do

• Design solutions: Define the best technical solutions to business problems, contributing to an architectural vision that will scale up to be the world's leading research platform.
• Ship working code: We primarily work with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some older services written in Ruby on Rails. We’ve always got an eye open to assess new technologies that might improve our stack.
• Deploy and iterate: We release frequently to our customers, using CIrcleCI and Spinnaker for CI/CD, and quickly gather feedback in order to inform our next iteration.
• Build your competency: You will learn quickly by building market-leading technology with experienced colleagues in a high performance environment. Engineers can also use our L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting: Carefully monitor our services, catching errors before users notice them, diagnosing the root cause and deploying fixes.

Who you are

• You probably have a degree in a STEM subject, but we’re happy to work with people who perfected their craft via a different route.
• 3+ years of experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team, and looking to take your career to the next level. We’re looking for people who have incredible potential.
• Technical expertise with Java or Kotlin, and ideally experience with relational databases.
• Proven track record – You’ve made a demonstrable impact in your previous roles, standing out from your peers. Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes.
• Meticulous – you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail.

Learn more about our tech organization here!

Don't worry if your experience or background doesn't match all of these areas, we believe a broad spectrum of experience provides great perspective on solving problems in new and innovative ways and we’d love to hear from you.