Senior Backend Engineer - Remote UK (Kotlin Microservices)

alphasights; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSights in London is expanding its Engineering team and seeking talented software engineers who take pride in delivering high-quality code. You will join a cross-functional squad with product managers and designers, owning services end-to-end and mentoring more junior engineers.

We primarily use React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some Ruby on Rails. A strong problem-solving mindset and proactive collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in a STEM subject required.
• 5+ years in a mature engineering team.
• Strong knowledge of at least one language (Kotlin or Ruby).
• Experience with relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable solutions.
• Ship working code using React frontend and Kotlin backend.
• Maintain and monitor services.
• Mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Mentoring

Architectural design

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Degree in STEM

Tools

React

Kotlin

PostgreSQL

Ruby on Rails

Job description

AlphaSights in London is expanding its Engineering team and seeking talented software engineers who take pride in delivering high-quality code. You will join a cross-functional squad with product managers and designers, owning services end-to-end and mentoring more junior engineers.

We primarily use React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some Ruby on Rails. A strong problem-solving mindset and proactive collaboration are essential.