Backend Software Engineer – Cloud‑Native Platform

About the role

This role sits at the core of a modern cloud‑native platform used by thousands of developers worldwide. You will design and maintain backend systems that power critical infrastructure, ensuring high performance, reliability and scalability.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs for a high‑availability cloud platform.
• Develop and evolve microservices architecture to ensure performance, scalability and fault tolerance.
• Optimize database structures and queries (SQL and NoSQL) to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Ensure system resilience, high availability and robust error handling across distributed environments.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, DevOps and other stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end features.
• Participate in technical discussions, architecture decisions and code reviews.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, performance tuning and system optimisation.
• Support CI/CD practices and smooth deployment processes.

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience in backend software development.
• Proficiency in Go, Python or Node.js.
• Strong understanding of relational and non‑relational databases (SQL and NoSQL).
• Solid knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Experience with distributed or event‑driven systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure preferred.
• Understanding of containerisation and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Required skills

• Go
• Python
• Node.js
• SQL
• NoSQL
• RESTful APIs
• Microservices
• Distributed systems
• Event‑driven architectures
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines

What we offer

• Competitive salary ranging from £45k to £100k per year.
• Equity participation in a fast‑growing, venture‑backed company.
• Fully remote work with timezone alignment (UTC ± 2 hours).
• Opportunity to work on a widely used cloud‑native platform at scale.
• Collaborative engineering culture focused on performance and product excellence.
• Exposure to modern distributed systems and microservices.