Senior Backend Engineer - Java

Senior Backend Engineer - Java London, hybrid (3 days in office) Up to £85k + benefits Prefer solving real production problems over building features for the sake of it? We are working with a long established, AI driven technology business whose platform is used daily by major global media organisations. Their systems process large volumes of data in real time, directly influencing how content is distributed to millions of users. They are now hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join a small, high performing team focused on improving the core platform, making it faster, more reliable and easier to scale. This is a hands on engineering role focused on stability, performance and system improvement rather than pure feature delivery. You will be: Improving the reliability and performance of a complex, high traffic platformInvestigating and resolving real production issuesWorking across organically grown and legacy systems, improving them over timeContributing to architecture and technical direction Tech environment:- Java (Spring Boot), AWS, MySQL, MongoDB, Kubernetes What they are looking for: Strong backend experience with Java and Spring BootExperience working on production systems at scaleAbility to debug, diagnose and resolve real world issuesComfortable working with complex or legacy systems and improving them incrementallyA track record of stability in previous roles and an interest in long term ownership Why this role: Small team with genuine ownership and impactEngineers influence how systems are built and improvedFocus on quality and long term engineering rather than short term deliveryOpportunity to shape the evolution of a high impact platform If you would like to find out more, please get in touch: james.chau@identifysolutions.co.uk