Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Cloud-Native Services

On the Beach; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

On the Beach is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to design and build scalable backend applications and services across its platform. This role emphasises distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, with opportunities to work on integration with external travel suppliers, hotel inventory, and pricing workflows.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop robust APIs, deploy in AWS, and operate containerised services, while enhancing

Qualifications

• Proven backend engineering experience with scalable services.
• Strong experience with C# and .NET.
• Experience building APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience in AWS, containers and modern dev tooling.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building scalable backend applications and services
• Developing APIs used by customer-facing applications and internal systems
• Integrating with external suppliers and third-party platforms
• Building systems that process high volumes of requests and data
• Designing distributed and event-driven architectures
• Developing applications and services within AWS and deploying containerised apps
• Improving monitoring, observability and reliability

Skills

C# / .NET

APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud-native / AWS

Docker / Kubernetes

SQL / NoSQL

Caching & performance

Observability & monitoring

Testing & modern practices

Full-stack awareness

Job description

On the Beach is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to design and build scalable backend applications and services across its platform. This role emphasises distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, with opportunities to work on integration with external travel suppliers, hotel inventory, and pricing workflows.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop robust APIs, deploy in AWS, and operate containerised services, while enhancing