Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full Time
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- Experience
- Any
- Salary
- GBP 120,000 / year
- Openings
- 1
- Posted
- 4 days ago
- Work mode
- Hybrid
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Job description
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled Backend Software Engineer to contribute to the core messaging platform of a fast-growing technology company that supports millions of real-time interactions globally. In this role, you will develop and enhance highly scalable distributed systems including low latency messaging, Pub/Sub services, state synchronization, and next-generation AI communication infrastructure. You will work autonomously with ownership of architecture, code quality, and technical decisions, leveraging modern AI tools to boost development efficiency in an AI-first engineering environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable backend platform features for real-time messaging infrastructure.
- Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability of distributed systems.
- Build and maintain core components like messaging, event-driven architectures, and streaming technologies.
- Tackle complex engineering challenges and deliver production-grade software.
- Collaborate with the team in a mostly remote setup, attending occasional meetups in the dog-friendly North London office.
Candidate Profile
- Demonstrated backend development experience using Go, Node.js, or comparable modern server-side languages.
- Experience in designing, building, or operating distributed systems, messaging platforms, event-driven or streaming architectures.
- Strong understanding of concurrency, scalability, fault-tolerance, and performance optimization.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and evolving engineering environment.
- Familiarity with Pub/Sub platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS is a strong advantage.
- Comfortable integrating AI development tools while maintaining high engineering standards.
Benefits
- Competitive salary up to £120,000 per year.
- Equity participation via EMI share options.
- 28 days of annual leave plus enhanced maternity and parental leave.
- Provision of preferred equipment and home office setup.
- Dedicated personal learning budget (£1000 annually) and 5% time to pursue personal projects.
- Comprehensive health coverage including BUPA insurance, dental, mental health, and wellness support.
- Pension scheme, life assurance, and income protection plans.
- Fully paid one-month sabbatical after five years of service.
- Additional perks such as gym subsidies and cycle-to-work scheme.