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Senior Backend Engineer
Job summary
A leading tech company in the UK is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and maintain high-performance backend services. With a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability, the role involves mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of backend experience, including proficiency in Go, and a solid understanding of API design and database optimisation. This position offers a fully remote work environment with a competitive salary between £70,000 and £80,000 depending on experience.
Benefits
Qualifications
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years with Go.
- Strong experience with RESTful API design and distributed systems.
- Solid understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases and performance optimisation.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services using Go.
- Develop and optimise RESTful APIs that power the platform.
- Lead architecture and implementation strategy discussions.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices.
Skills
Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer
Location: Fully Remote (UK)
Salary: 70,000 - 80,000 per annum (DOE)
Are you a seasoned Backend Engineer with a passion for building scalable, high-performance systems? We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join a cutting-edge UK-based tech company that's redefining how organisations manage distributed systems at scale.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you\'ll take ownership of critical backend services, designing and maintaining distributed systems with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and reliability. You\'ll lead technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver robust, secure, and efficient solutions.
- Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services using Go.
- Develop and optimise RESTful APIs that power the platform and integrations.
- Lead architecture and implementation strategy discussions.
- Optimise system and database performance (schema design, query tuning, etc.).
- Ensure backend services meet security, compliance, and reliability standards.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices and documentation.
- Collaborate with QA, DevOps, Product, and Technical Services teams.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years with Go.
- Strong experience with RESTful API design and distributed systems.
- Solid understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases and performance optimisation.
- Experience with RBAC, auditing, and secure system design.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and Linux-based environments.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.
- Bonus: Knowledge of virtualization, storage systems, or networking protocols.
- Fully remote working environment.
- Competitive salary between 70,000 - 80,000 (depending on experience).
- Work on complex, high-impact systems with a talented and collaborative team.
- Be part of a company pushing the boundaries of backend engineering and infrastructure
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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