Software Engineer - Backend

Role overview Design and evolve backend services for a large, distributed SaaS platform used by salon, spa and medspa businesses. You’ll work with product, design and engineering colleagues to deliver reliable features, influence technical decisions and improve systems from initial design through production and continued operation.

Responsibilities - Build and maintain scalable backend services and systems for production use. - Turn business needs into shippable features in collaboration with engineers, product managers and designers. - Contribute to architecture and technical design, weighing performance, reliability and scalability. - Develop and improve REST APIs and platform integrations; write clean, tested and maintainable code. - Own work through deployment and follow-up improvements, while reviewing code and supporting other engineers. - Find practical ways to improve engineering standards, systems and development processes.

Requirements - At least five years of software engineering experience, including strong Java skills and object-oriented design. - Experience designing, building and maintaining backend services in production. - Familiarity with REST APIs and the ability to reason about distributed systems and technical trade-offs. - Understanding of JavaScript and modern web technologies. - A focus on code quality, testing and maintainability, alongside confidence contributing to technical discussions. - A proactive, collaborative approach to ownership, knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

Nice to have - GraphQL experience. The platform also uses event-driven architecture, Docker and serverless technologies, with feature flags and continuous delivery.

Benefits and work setup Benefits include private healthcare, wellness days, an employee assistance program, an online GP service, pension, life assurance, income protection, an employee share purchase scheme, enhanced family leave, fertility and pregnancy-loss leave, menopause leave, commuter support and professional development resources. Flexible hours and working from home are possible; remote work is also considered.