Senior Backend API Engineer - Global Connectivity Platform

Gigs, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Home office stipend

Learning budget

Phone + international data plan

Job summary

Gigs, Inc. in London is seeking a Senior Engineer to design APIs and build scalable backend services for our connectivity platform. You’ll work across Ruby, Go, TypeScript, and Elixir, contributing to a distributed architecture and high-availability systems.

You'll apply AI as a core part of the workflow, own end-to-end problems, and continuously learn new tools to deliver impactful solutions for global customers. This role combines engineering excellence with strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Experience designing APIs and building backend services.
• Experience with Ruby, Go, TypeScript or Elixir is a plus.
• Strong ownership and problem-solving in complex systems.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows and tooling.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Own complex problems end-to-end with the engineering team.
• Develop products to enable global connectivity services.
• Uphold high engineering standards and improve tooling/processes.
• Design, build and maintain APIs and services; move towards a distributed system.
• Maintain system reliability and participate in incident response.

Skills

API design

Backend services

AI tooling

Ownership

Learning mindset

Business impact

Tools

Ruby

Go

TypeScript

Elixir

Job description

Gigs, Inc. in London is seeking a Senior Engineer to design APIs and build scalable backend services for our connectivity platform. You’ll work across Ruby, Go, TypeScript, and Elixir, contributing to a distributed architecture and high-availability systems.

You'll apply AI as a core part of the workflow, own end-to-end problems, and continuously learn new tools to deliver impactful solutions for global customers. This role combines engineering excellence with strategic thinking.