Senior Backend Engineer (Remote UK) — Kotlin & Postgres

AlphaSights Campus Recruiting; United States; Remote; USD 93,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

L&D budget

Job summary

AlphaSights Campus Recruiting seeks a skilled Software Engineer to join our London-area engineering team. You will own services, mentor juniors, and align development with our engineering strategy while delivering high-quality code for internal and external customers.

You will work primarily with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some Ruby on Rails. The role emphasizes ownership, fast iteration, and continuous learning in a high-performance

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a mature engineering team
• Degree in STEM or equivalent
• Proficient in Python, Kotlin and Ruby; relational databases experience
• Proven track record of impacting previous roles
• Strong initiative, proactive problem solving and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Design solutions and contribute to scalable architecture
• Ship working code using React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices on the backend
• Deploy and iterate with CI/CD pipelines and rapid feedback loops
• Build lasting competency through hands-on delivery and learning budgets
• Maintain and troubleshoot services to minimize user impact

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Ruby

Relational databases

System design

Mentoring

Education

Degree in STEM

Tools

React

CircleCI

Spinnaker

PostgreSQL

Job description

AlphaSights Campus Recruiting seeks a skilled Software Engineer to join our London-area engineering team. You will own services, mentor juniors, and align development with our engineering strategy while delivering high-quality code for internal and external customers.

You will work primarily with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some Ruby on Rails. The role emphasizes ownership, fast iteration, and continuous learning in a high-performance