Senior Backend Engineer – Kotlin/Java, AI Data Platform

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Share options

Private healthcare

Dental care

Eye care

Drinks in office

Collaborative social team

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in London. The role sits within a rapidly growing AI infrastructure company, offering a hybrid setup 1-2 days in the office and flexible hours. You will work with Kotlin (or Java) and Spring Boot to deliver scalable features and robust data tooling.

Join a team expanding across Europe, contributing to architectural direction while enjoying a collaborative environment, private healthcare, and share options.

Qualifications

• Start-up or scale-up experience.
• BSc in Computer Science or STEM from Russell Group.
• Experience in product-focused tech companies.
• Kotlin
• Java is acceptable.
• Spring Boot.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Startup/Scale-up experience

Product-focused tech experience

Education

BSc in Computer Science or STEM from Russell Group university

Tools

Kotlin

Java

Spring Boot

Job description

Understanding Recruitment is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in London. The role sits within a rapidly growing AI infrastructure company, offering a hybrid setup 1-2 days in the office and flexible hours. You will work with Kotlin (or Java) and Spring Boot to deliver scalable features and robust data tooling.

Join a team expanding across Europe, contributing to architectural direction while enjoying a collaborative environment, private healthcare, and share options.