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 forThe core requirements are:Strong, recent commercial Java experienceStrong, recent commercial Kotlin experienceStrong commercial Spring Boot experienceIdeally 2+ years within a technology startup or scale-upExperience working in smaller engineering teams where you''ve had genuine ownershipStrong understanding of backend architecture, APIs, databases and distributed systemsAbility to discuss technical decisions, architecture and trade-offs in depthComfortable taking a problem from initial requirements through design, development, testing and production What will make you stand outWe''re particularly interested in engineers who can demonstrate examples of:Designing backend services or systems from scratchMaking and defending architectural decisionsSolving scalability, reliability or performance problemsWorking with microservices and event-driven ..... full job details .....