Senior Backend Engineer

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing AI infrastructure company seeks a Senior Backend Engineer with Kotlin skills to join their London team. The role involves developing product features and enhancing system performance in a collaborative startup environment. Candidates should have a degree in Computer Science from a Russell Group university and experience in product-focused tech. The company offers flexible working, bonuses, healthcare, and a supportive atmosphere promoting inclusivity.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Bonus

Share options

Personal development budget

Private healthcare, dental and eye care

Drinks and snacks provided in office

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment.
• Product-focused tech company work history.

Responsibilities

• Build new product features and improve performance and scalability.
• Help define technical direction within a growing engineering team.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Spring Boot

Education

BSc in Computer Science or STEM subject from Russell Group university

Job description

Do you love coding with Kotlin?

Looking to work in a fast-paced start-up environment?

Senior Backend Engineer - AI transforming the future

Location: Hybrid in London approx. 2 days a week (flexible work hours)

Compensation: Up to £105k + bonus + share options

We are very excited to have just partnered with a rapidly rising AI infrastructure company that's transforming how development and QA teams create, manage, and test high-quality data at speed and scale.

They've built the first API-driven data generation platform that enables organisations to generate better-than-production test data in minutes, without the never-ending manual work or compliance risks.

Having just received their Series A funding, they're hiring Senior Backend Engineers with Kotlin (or a combination of Java & Kotlin experience) to build new product features, improve performance and scalability, and help define technical direction within a growing engineering team.

A Senior Backend Engineer will have:

• BSc in Computer Science or STEM subject from Russell Group university
• Start-up or scale-up experience
• Have worked in product-focused tech companies
• Kotlin
• (Can have also worked with with Java)
• Spring Boot

You will enjoy many great benefits too:

• Flexible work hours
• Bonus
• Share options
• Personal development budget
• Private healthcare, dental and eye care
• Drinks and snacks provided in office
• Collaborate social team, working & learning from very smart engineers

Currently with a team across Europe, they are looking to expand their London team and build a close-knit team, combining collaborative face-to-face working with the flexibility of working from home.

They provide a highly flexible, trusting, and supportive environment where engineers are empowered to take ownership. As strong advocates for equality, they are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that promotes fairness, diverse perspectives, and equal opportunities at every level.

If you have worked with Kotlin in a fast-paced, product-focused startup environment, apply now for this fantastic Senior Backend Engineer opportunity!