Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll use Go or Node.js to build and scale the company's core real-time messaging platform, working on low-latency Pub/Sub services and state synchronization in an AI-first engineering environment.
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Backend Software Engineer (Go / Node.js Distributed Systems) Remote / Hybrid to £120k + Equity
Are you an experienced Backend Software Engineer who enjoys building distributed systems, real-time infrastructure and solving complex scalability challenges?
You could be progressing your career at a high growth technology company whose messaging platform powers millions of real-time interactions for developers and businesses worldwide.
Your role:
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll join the team responsible for the core messaging platform that underpins the company's real-time infrastructure. Working on highly scalable distributed systems, you'll design and build new platform capabilities, improve performance and reliability and solve complex engineering problems at scale.
You'll contribute across low latency messaging, Pub/Sub services, state synchronisation and next generation AI communication infrastructure, delivering production grade software used by developers around the globe.
Working in an AI first engineering environment, you'll leverage modern AI tools to accelerate development while retaining full ownership of architecture, code quality and technical decision-making.
Location / WFH:
You can work from most of the time, collaborating via Slack and meeting up with the team at the dog friendly office in North London for tech talks, lunch and learn events etc. around once a month.
About You
You have strong backend development experience with Go, Node.js or another modern server-side language
You have experience building or operating distributed systems, messaging platforms, event-driven architectures or streaming technologies
You understand scalability, concurrency, performance optimisation and fault tolerant system design
You enjoy solving complex technical challenges and delivering high quality, production ready software
You're comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced engineering environment
You embrace modern AI development tools while maintaining a strong focus on engineering quality
Experience with Pub/Sub platforms, Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, streaming systems, developer platforms or cloud infrastructure would be highly advantageous
What's in it for you:
As a Backend Software Engineer you will earn a competitive salary package including:
Salary to £120k
EMI share option scheme
28 days annual leave
Enhanced maternity and parental leave packages
Your choice of kit and home-station set up
Personal learning and development budget (£1000 p/a + 5% time to work on your own projects)
BUPA Health Insurance + dental costs + mental health and wellness
Pension, Life Assurance, Income Protection
Fully paid one month sabbatical at five years' service
Gym subsidies, Cycle to work scheme and more
Apply now to find out more about this Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go / Node.js Distributed Systems) opportunity.