Senior Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems & Microservices

Fresha; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketplace platform for beauty & wellness is seeking a Senior Back‑End Engineer to join their dynamic team in London. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining applications using Ruby and Elixir, with a focus on enhancing performance. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in product engineering and a strong understanding of distributed systems. Fresha offers a collaborative work environment with a mix of in-office and remote work options.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Collaboration in a dog-friendly office

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in internal product engineering teams.
• Experience with developer productivity or infrastructure products at scale.
• Ability to quickly learn new frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain Ruby/Elixir code.
• Work on migration to a microservice architecture.
• Ensure application performance and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Understanding of languages such as Elixir

Strong knowledge of Ruby

Experience with GraphQL

Familiarity with TypeScript

Understanding of event-driven systems

Knowledge of distributed systems

Tools

Kafka

gRPC

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading marketplace platform for beauty & wellness is seeking a Senior Back‑End Engineer to join their dynamic team in London. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining applications using Ruby and Elixir, with a focus on enhancing performance. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in product engineering and a strong understanding of distributed systems. Fresha offers a collaborative work environment with a mix of in-office and remote work options.