Backend Engineer

Staff Software Engineer – AI-Enabled Backend PlatformsLocation: UK (Remote)Salary: £77,000 – £92,000The OpportunityWe’re partnering with an innovative organisation building scalable, data-driven platforms at the forefront of modern engineering.They’re looking for a hands-on Staff Software Engineer—someone whobines strong system design and architecture expertise with active involvement in production development.This role focusses on building high-performance distributed systems, with a growing emphasis on AI-enabled engineering workflows.What You’ll Be Doing

Designing and developing scalable backend systems using Java/Kotlin

Building and optimising event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar)

Working hands-on to improve performance, reliability, and scalability

Contributing to system design and technical direction at Staff level

Using AI tools ( LLMs, Copilot) to enhance coding and delivery

Collaborating across teams to deliver robust, product...