Senior Backend Developer

Fruition Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus and/or share options

Private medical insurance

Flexible hybrid working model

Strong wellbeing benefits and additional perks

Job summary

Fruition Group is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join their fast-growing technology business in London. This role emphasizes building reliable backend systems and offers a collaborative environment with significant autonomy.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Python and a solid understanding of software engineering principles, capable of delivering meaningful products. Salary ranges from £80k to £95k with additional benefits, including private medical insurance and hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems.
• Strong grounding in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Product-minded and able to understand real user impact.

Responsibilities

• Building reliable, well-designed backend systems with real product impact.
• Collaborating in a product-focused engineering team on mission-critical systems.
• Contributing to technical direction and making architectural decisions.

Skills

Python (or another modern backend language)

Software engineering fundamentals

Scalable backend systems

Problem-solving skills

Version control and testing practices

Collaborative communication

Job description

London (Hybrid – 1 day per month in the office)

Basic salary £80k to £95k + strong package

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Backend Developer to join a fast-growing, well-funded technology business that’s scaling rapidly and investing heavily in its engineering teams. This is a role for someone who enjoys building reliable, well-designed backend systems and wants to stay close to real product impact as the platform grows.

The Senior Backend Developer will be part of a product-focused engineering team working on customer-facing, mission-critical systems at scale. The emphasis is on strong software engineering fundamentals rather than framework-driven development - clean code, thoughtful design, and pragmatic problem-solving matter far more than ticking boxes on a tech stack.

As a Senior Backend Developer, you’ll be working in an environment that is collaborative, fast-moving, and delivery-focused where engineers are trusted to own features end-to‑end, contribute to technical direction, and make sensible architectural decisions as the platform evolves. There’s a genuine balance between autonomy and teamwork, with space to experiment, learn, and continuously improve how things are built.

Senior Backend Developer – Key Requirements:

• Strong experience building backend services using Python (or another modern backend language)
• Solid grounding in software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend systems Comfortable working with APIs, databases, and distributed systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic approach to debugging and refactoring
• Experience working with version control, testing practices, and code reviews
• Product-minded - able to think beyond the code and understand real user impact
• Experience working in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements
• Collaborative communicator who enjoys working closely with engineers, product, and design

Senior Backend Developer – Salary & Benefits:

• Basic salary up to £95k
• Bonus and/or share options
• Private medical insurance
• Flexible hybrid working model
• Strong wellbeing benefits and additional perks

If you’re a Senior Backend Developer looking for a role where you can focus on fundamentals, build meaningful products, and grow alongside a scaling tech business with serious investment behind it, this is a strong opportunity.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.