At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build scalable backend services for an AI-driven platform.
- Company: Join a cutting-edge tech company shaping the future of AI.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid work, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with a focus on engineering excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on innovative projects in a high-performing team.
- Qualifications: Experience in backend development with Python and cloud environments.
The predicted salary is between 95000 - 95000 £ per year.
Here at Data Idols, we're working with an innovative technology business that is scaling a cutting-edge AI-powered platform used by enterprise clients globally. As the platform continues to grow, they're looking for a Backend Senior Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping its future architecture, scalability and technical direction.
This is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team where you'll have genuine influence over architecture, technology decisions, product direction and engineering standards.
The Opportunity
As a Backend Senior Software Engineer, you'll take ownership of key platform components from design through to deployment, optimisation and ongoing support. Working within a modern cloud-native environment, you'll help design, build and scale the backend services that power an AI-driven platform entering a significant growth phase and supporting an increasingly large enterprise customer base.
You'll be solving complex engineering challenges around scalability, performance and reliability, designing distributed systems and building resilient enterprise-grade software that forms the foundation of the platform. This is a highly visible role where you'll collaborate closely with product and engineering leadership to shape technical roadmaps, influence architecture decisions and contribute to the long-term evolution of the platform. You'll be responsible for delivering high-quality, resilient software, improving engineering processes and tooling, and driving best practice across development, testing, deployment and monitoring.
Skills and Experience
- Strong commercial experience developing backend software using Python, alongside experience with languages such as Java, Go, Kotlin, C++ or similar
- Commercial experience with TypeScript
- Experience building and operating applications within AWS/GCP environments
- Strong understanding of scalable system design and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern engineering practices
- Experience building resilient, cloud-native, enterprise-grade applications
If you're an experienced backend software engineer looking to solve complex technical challenges and help shape a modern cloud-native platform, we'd love to hear from you.
Backend Senior Software Engineer in London employer: Data Idols
At Data Idols, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our London-based team enjoys a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and ample opportunities for professional growth, all while contributing to the development of a cutting-edge AI-powered platform that is making waves in the tech industry. Join us to be part of a high-performing engineering team where your expertise will directly influence the future of our technology and its impact on enterprise clients globally.
