Sphere Digital Recruitment
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer at Sphere Digital Recruitment, based in London, Greater London. This is a contract role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Contract · On site
- Location
- London, Greater London
- Closing date
- Sector
- DevOps Engineer
- Immediate start
Reference 8b09357097bd4f8521e4783c143d8c7635d104f7
About the role
An exciting high-growth technology business is looking for a Senior Backend / Platform Engineer Contractor to support the development and scaling of a critical internal platform. This is a hands-on role focused on backend engineering, cloud infrastructure and platform scalability within a fast-paced product environment.
- Based in: London (primarily remote)
- Occasional office travel required
- 6 months initially
- Start date: ASAP
- £500-£600 per day - Outside IR35
The Job
As the Senior Backend / Platform Engineer, your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and enhancing backend services and APIs
- Improving platform performance, reliability and scalability
- Designing solutions to support growing data volumes and user demand
- Working with cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling
- Supporting integrations with third-party systems and services
- Implementing monitoring, logging and observability capabilities
- Collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver new functionality
- Advising on architecture and technical best practices
- Helping establish processes to support future platform growth
You
- Strong commercial experience with Python development
- Experience building and scaling cloud-native applications
- Strong knowledge of GCP and infrastructure best practices
- Experience with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks
- Understanding of platform engineering, DevOps or cloud architecture
- Experience working in start-up, scale-up or product-led environments
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving teams with evolving requirements
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Tech Stack: Python, FastAPI, GCP, Terraform, React / TypeScript
Apply Now
You can apply for the Senior Backend / Platform Engineer position now by sending us your CV or by calling us now! Don't forget to register as a candidate too.
Amy Brown
Associate Director
Sphere Digital Recruitment currently has a variety of job opportunities across digital, so feel free to get in touch with us to find out how we can help you. Please take a look at our website.
Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.
Sphere Digital Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Reference: 8b09357097bd4f8521e4783c143d8c7635d104f7 · Posted 3 days ago · Closes 1 Dec 2026 · Listed via Sphere Digital Recruitment
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