An exciting high-growth technology business is looking for a Senior Backend / Platform Engineer Contractor to support the development and scaling of a critical internal platform. This is a hands-on role focused on backend engineering, cloud infrastructure and platform scalability within a fast-paced product environment.
Based in: London (primarily remote)
Occasional office travel required
6 months initially
Start date: ASAP
£500-£600 per day - Outside IR35
The Job
As the Senior Backend / Platform Engineer , your responsibilities will include:
Developing and enhancing backend services and APIs
Improving platform performance, reliability and scalability
Designing solutions to support growing data volumes and user demand
Working with cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling
Supporting integrations with third-party systems and services
Implementing monitoring, logging and observability capabilities
Collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver new functionality
Advising on architecture and technical best practices
Helping establish processes to support future platform growth
You
Strong commercial experience with Python development
Experience building and scaling cloud-native applications
Strong knowledge of GCP and infrastructure best practices
Experience with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks
Understanding of platform engineering, DevOps or cloud architecture
Experience working in start-up, scale-up or product-led environments
Comfortable operating in fast-moving teams with evolving requirements
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Tech Stack: Python, FastAPI, GCP, Terraform, React / TypeScript
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