Backend Engineer - Java / Kotlin / Spring Boot London - Hybrid (1 day per week)Up to £100,000 + Share OptionsUnfortunately, sponsorship cannot be provided I''m working with a growing technology startup looking to hire a Backend Engineer to join its engineering team in London. They''re looking for someone who is genuinely strong technically - not just someone who has worked with the right technologies. You''ll be joining a small, high-performing team where you''ll have significant ownership over backend systems, contribute to architectural decisions and help shape how the platform develops as the business scales. What they''re looking for The core requirements are: Strong, recent commercial Java experience Strong, recent commercial Kotlin experience Strong commercial Spring Boot experience Ideally 2+ years within a technology startup or scale-up Experience working in smaller engineering teams where you''ve had genuine ownership Strong understanding of backend architecture, APIs, databases and distributed systems Ability to discuss technical decisions, architecture and trade-offs in depth Comfortable taking a problem from initial requirements through design, development, testing and production What will make you stand out We''re particularly interested in engineers who can demonstrate examples of: Designing backend services or systems from scratch Making and defending architectural decisions Solving scalability, reliability or performance problems Working with ..... full job details .....