Senior Staff Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems

Metropolis Technologies; Abbot's Salford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Potential stock options

Job summary

Metropolis Technologies in Abbot's Salford is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for their AeroParker team to lead technical strategy and architecture for their e-commerce platform. You'll engage in high-impact initiatives and mentor senior engineers while ensuring systems scalability and security.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Scala and Java, a clear commitment to technical excellence, and experience in high-volume environments. The position emphasizes collaboration and requires presence in the office at least 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of extensive professional software engineering experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of Scala, Java, or related backend languages.
• Design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive long-term technical direction of AeroParker platform.
• Identify and eliminate engineering bottlenecks.
• Partner with engineering managers for performance improvement.

Skills

Scala

Java

Microservices

Event-driven architectures

Agile engineering

Education

MS or BS in Computer Science

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

Git

GitHub

Job description

Metropolis Technologies in Abbot's Salford is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for their AeroParker team to lead technical strategy and architecture for their e-commerce platform. You'll engage in high-impact initiatives and mentor senior engineers while ensuring systems scalability and security.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Scala and Java, a clear commitment to technical excellence, and experience in high-volume environments. The position emphasizes collaboration and requires presence in the office at least 2-3 days per week.