Senior Backend Engineer

Digital Skills Ltd — United Kingdom · Posted ~3 hours ago

Senior Contract Hybrid £90 per hour

Skills

Java Spring Boot REST APIs microservices distributed systems Kubernetes databases CI/CD automated testing REST Kafka SQL

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior backend engineering opportunity building scalable services and distributed platforms. The role includes software architecture, API development, production reliability, and mentoring other engineers.

Highlights

Senior engineering role focused on scalable backend platforms, architecture contributions, technical ownership, and engineering quality improvements.

Description

Senior Back End Engineer Manchester hybrid, 1 day onsite per week £90 per hour | 40 hours per week - Inside IR35 Digital Skills are hiring a Senior Back End Engineer to work on scalable services, APIs and distributed platforms within a complex, established technology environment. You will take ownership of technical delivery, develop high-quality Java services, contribute to architectural decisions and help improve platform reliability, performance and engineering standards. Key experience Java and Spring BootREST API developmentMicroservices and distributed systemsKubernetes and containerised applicationsKafka or similar messaging platformsRelational databases and data modellingCI/CD and production deploymentsMonitoring, logging and observabilityAutomated testingProduction troubleshootingTechnical leadership, mentoring and code reviews This opportunity would suit a pragmatic senior engineer who can become productive quickly, communicate risks clearly and deliver reliable solutions with minimal supervision. If this sounds like you, please do apply.