Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud & Microservices

Sanderson Recruitment; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Recruitment is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, build and scale secure backend platforms used in modern cloud environments. Youll contribute to production-grade services with a mix of commercial and open-source technologies across private and public clouds.

You will work within agile DevSecOps teams, ship frequent releases, and collaborate closely with fellow engineers to ensure robust, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience delivering production-grade cloud solutions.
• Strong Java experience, with exposure to JVM languages such as Kotlin or Scala.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
• Background in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust architectures.
• Experience integrating with services such as PostgreSQL, Redis and S3.
• Solid engineering fundamentals: clean code, testing, documentation, code reviews and continuous delivery.
• Comfortable using GitHub, GitLab and Atlassian tools.
• Strong TDD experience.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed systems.
• Exposure to Big Data technologies.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, deploying and improving backend services and platforms.
• Delivering features that meet both functional and non-functional requirements.
• Estimating and shaping user stories as part of an Agile team.
• Shipping small, frequent releases to keep momentum high.
• Working closely with other engineers in cross-functional teams.
• Building, optimising and running CI/CD pipelines.
• Owning and supporting the services our team delivers in production.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Scala

TDD

Cloud

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Atlassian

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

S3

CI/CD

Microservices

Big Data

Job description

Sanderson Recruitment is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design, build and scale secure backend platforms used in modern cloud environments. Youll contribute to production-grade services with a mix of commercial and open-source technologies across private and public clouds.

You will work within agile DevSecOps teams, ship frequent releases, and collaborate closely with fellow engineers to ensure robust, scalable systems.