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Senior Backend Engineer

Robert Half
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 5 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Robert Half Technology is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for a fully remote, 12-month contract role with a rapidly growing AI technology organization in the UK.
  • The position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience as a Backend Developer, with proficiency in Go (Golang) and a strong portfolio of projects.
  • The Senior Backend Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable web applications, implementing robust backend services, and ensuring high performance and security.
  • Candidates should have experience with microservices architecture, AWS cloud services, and CI/CD practices, along with familiarity in databases and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Salary for the role will depend on experience, qualifications, and training, with specific rates of pay to be discussed during the application process.

Robert Half Technology are assisting a rapidly growing, AI technology organisation to recruit a Senior Backend Engineer on a 12 month contract - fully remote - UK based

Role

  • The Senior Backend Engineer will design, develop, and maintain scalable, responsive web applications using Go (Golang).
  • Work closely with product and design teams to translate requirements and mock-ups into fully functioning features.
  • Implement robust backend services and APIs to power web applications, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.
  • Apply best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) with a focus on automation and infrastructure as code.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise application performance and reliability.
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in web development, cloud computing, and DevOps practices.
  • Contribute to a culture of technical excellence, teamwork, and continuous learning within the engineering team.

Profile

  • The Senior Backend Engineer will gave a proven experience of 5+ years as a Backend Developer or similar role with a strong portfolio of projects.
  • Proficient Go (Golang) for backend development.
  • Experience with microservices architecture and Distributed Systems
  • Strong understanding of AWS cloud services and experience with deployment and management of applications in a cloud environment.
  • Familiarity with databases (SQL and NoSQL), web servers, and UI/UX design.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools is highly desirable.
  • Experience with Python, JS, SQL, ETL processes, and experience with PowerBI, Snowflake or others (i.e., Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery).
  • Knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git.
  • Proficient in React.js is a nice-to-have
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Company

  • Rapidly growing, AI technology organisation
  • Fully remote working - UK based

Salary & Benefits

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.

Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: gb/en/privacy-notice.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.