Staff Backend Engineer — Open Source Server

Temporal Technologies; Remote; GBP 126,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement backend service features. This role involves writing concurrent code, ensuring system reliability, and contributing to large-scale distributed systems. Candidates should have experience with Elastic Search and a background in improving team performance. Benefits include competitive salary, unlimited PTO, and comprehensive health coverage.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision

401K Plan

Learning & Development perks

Professional Memberships

Qualifications

• Rich experience as an Arranger or Builder/Enhancer in large-scale distributed systems design.
• Demonstrated experience writing concurrent code in production at Advanced or Expert levels.
• Knowledge and experience of reliability to enhance Temporal's system.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core backend service features.
• Provide test coverage for unit, integration, and performance.
• Document design choices and operational knowledge for deployment.

Skills

Experience in large-scale distributed systems design

Writing concurrent code in production

Knowledge of reliability principles

Experience with Elastic Search

Ability to improve team velocity

Tools

Elastic Search

Clickhouse

Go

Job description

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement backend service features. This role involves writing concurrent code, ensuring system reliability, and contributing to large-scale distributed systems. Candidates should have experience with Elastic Search and a background in improving team performance. Benefits include competitive salary, unlimited PTO, and comprehensive health coverage.