Senior Backend Engineer (C# / Python) with AI - Hybrid

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite gym

Barista

Pension

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Employee assistance programme

Company share scheme

Enhanced paternity leave

PT sessions

Massages

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

25 days holiday

Smart tech scheme

Volunteering days

Kids pass discounts

Job summary

Client Server in London is seeking a backend software engineer with strong C# and/or Python to join a small, agile team building cloud-native systems for an insurance product portfolio used across international businesses.

You will contribute to AI-enabled engineering productivity, influence architecture, and collaborate across teams, with three days in City offices and two days remote. The role offers a generous benefits package and hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• Backend software engineering with C# and/or Python
• Strong CS fundamentals: OOP, multithreading, design patterns, system design
• Frontend quality and frontend-backend connectivity (React/Angular)
• Cloud-native architectures (Azure/AWS)
• Experience with event-driven systems, microservices, CI/CD, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker
• Interest in applying AI to processes and products with solid system design
• Collaborative with good communication and problem-solving skills
• Startup or small-team experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Work as an individual contributor on backend and cloud-native development
• Help build the technology platform behind a diverse portfolio of insurance products used across international businesses
• Explore how AI can improve engineering productivity and the products themselves
• Use Claude alongside strong software design principles, patterns, and engineering best practice
• Influence architecture, engineering practices, and how AI is embedded into the software development lifecycle

Skills

C#

Python

OOP

Multithreading

Design patterns

System design

React

Angular

Azure

AWS

Event-driven

Microservices

CI/CD

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AI

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Client Server in London is seeking a backend software engineer with strong C# and/or Python to join a small, agile team building cloud-native systems for an insurance product portfolio used across international businesses.

You will contribute to AI-enabled engineering productivity, influence architecture, and collaborate across teams, with three days in City offices and two days remote. The role offers a generous benefits package and hybrid working model.