Backend Senior Software Engineer



London (Hybrid)



-90,000 - -100,000

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.

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.

• 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.