Senior Backend Engineer – UK

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential healthcare technology organization that is experiencing exceptional growth. Our client is transforming how medical professionals deliver care through AI-powered solutions used globally. We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their London-based engineering team and help build scalable infrastructure supporting millions of clinical interactions.

This is a unique opportunity to work on technically challenging problems at the intersection of healthcare and artificial intelligence, building systems that operate at significant scale across multiple countries and languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems using Python
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability
• Implement and optimize data storage solutions including MongoDB and Redis
• Develop and manage message queue systems for real-time data processing at scale
• Collaborate with frontend and AI teams to integrate new features and enhance existing APIs
• Optimize API performance and handle API versioning, documentation, and testing
• Deliver robust code with careful consideration of structure, design patterns, and scalability
• Integrate with third-party systems while maintaining security and performance standards

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of backend development experience
• Strong experience with MongoDB and Redis for data management
• Proven track record building and managing message queue systems at scale
• Expertise in writing testable, effective, and communicative code
• Deep understanding of API design principles, including security, versioning, and performance
• Experience with data modeling, design patterns, and understanding technical trade-offs
• Strong data and application security knowledge and skills
• Experience integrating with third-party systems
• Competency with source code control and CI/CD pipeline technologies
• Track record architecting and building highly available, scalable, secure, and performant systems
• Passion for AI demonstrated through hands-on building, prototyping, or side projects
• Bias toward action and ownership of outcomes end-to-end
• Experience in hyper-growth startups building SaaS products

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will review your background and conduct an initial screening conversation. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Throughout the interview process, we'll provide guidance and feedback. Please note that candidates should not contact the client directly—all communication flows through our recruiting team to ensure a smooth, professional experience.

Location and Work Arrangement

This position is based in London, United Kingdom. Our client offers flexible working arrangements with a focus on outcomes over process.

Benefits

Our client provides comprehensive benefits including health and dental coverage, annual learning and development budget, monthly health and wellness allowance, home office budget, generous parental leave policies, fertility support, work-from-anywhere flexibility, and meaningful equity participation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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