Backend Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 2,839 open Backend jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 634 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and java.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £75,000 | £95,000 | £110,000 | 212 |
| USD | year | $130,000 | $157,500 | $201,250 | 15 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 38%
- cloud 29%
- java 27%
- ai 27%
- aws 23%
- python 23%
- microservices 18%
- ci-cd 17%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 520 · 18%
- Remote 284 · 10%
- Onsite 36 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 53% of the 151 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 1,275
- Lead 190
- Staff 134
- Middle 70
- Junior 47
- Principal 34
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 233
- 501-1000 employees 139
- 51-200 employees 125
- 11-50 employees 75
- 201-500 employees 20
- 1-10 employees 8
Remote Senior Backend Architect (Multitenancy & IAM)
Designs and builds scalable multitenant backend systems with Python 3.x, focusing on IAM and cloud/DevOps integration for an online education platform.
Senior Backend Engineer, Dashboard Infra & DevEx (Remote)
Senior Backend Engineer builds and maintains the Dashboard Platform's infra, automating deployments with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform to improve developer experience.
Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Microservices & APIs
Designs and builds scalable Java/Kotlin microservices and event-driven systems with Kafka to power the full HR recruitment lifecycle via GraphQL/REST APIs.
Senior Backend Engineer: Pricing, Promotions & APIs
Builds and maintains pricing and promotions microservices in Java/Kotlin, designs GraphQL APIs, and works with Kafka-driven event architectures for a HR tech platform.
Java Backend Engineer - Scalable Systems, TDD & APIs
Build and maintain secure Java backend services that power Barclays’ mobile and online banking, using modern engineering practices.
Senior Backend Engineer, Cross-Border Payments
Senior backend engineer building a modern cross-border payments platform, owning API design, data modeling, and service reliability while collaborating with product and compliance teams.
Senior AI-Driven Backend Engineer
Senior backend engineer building AI-driven data services and agentic pipelines, defining specs, governance, and scalable ingestion for agent workflows.
Senior Backend Engineer - Revenue
Senior Backend Engineer builds scalable PHP/Laravel services and APIs to power pricing and revenue systems for a UK mobility platform, collaborating with Product and Pricing teams.
Senior Backend Engineer — Cloud-Native, Distributed Systems
Design and build cloud-native, distributed backend services for Confluent Cloud using Kubernetes, focusing on multi-tenant systems and high availability.
Senior Backend Engineer: Chaos & Reliability (Java)
Own automated reliability testing and chaos engineering for Camunda 8’s platform, breaking systems in controlled environments to improve resilience using Java, Go, Kubernetes, Helm, and Grafana.
Senior Java Backend Engineer - Cloud & Microservices
Designs and builds cloud-native Java backend services for financial workflows using AWS, REST/GraphQL APIs, and microservices architecture while mentoring peers.
Bingo Backend Engineer: Engines & B2B API Delivery
Backend engineer building and extending bingo game engines and B2B APIs using C#, T-SQL, DynamoDB, Redis and AWS.
Senior PHP Backend Engineer – Cloud & API
Senior PHP backend engineer building cloud-hosted APIs and integrations for a cybersecurity vendor using GCP and modern PHP tooling.
Staff Backend Engineer - Python/Go, Kubernetes
Designs and builds secure backend systems in Python/Go, deploys and scales containerized services on Kubernetes, and mentors engineers.
Senior Backend Engineer | Founding Team
Build and scale the core backend systems for a stablecoin-powered debit card platform, integrating blockchain and financial rails to enable instant global payments.