Last updated 2026-07-04
75 Remote Backend Engineer Jobs in the United Kingdom
Browse 75 remote Backend Engineer jobs across the United Kingdom. Listings are updated hourly and include salary data where available.
Market data for Backend Engineer jobs in the United Kingdom
Companies with current Backend Engineer listings
| Company | Active jobs |
|---|---|
| Bjak | 6 |
| Constructor | 4 |
| Elliptic | 4 |
| Climax Studios | 3 |
| Grafana Labs | 3 |
| Synthesia | 3 |
| ClickHouse | 2 |
Backend Engineer jobs by schedule
| Schedule | Active jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full time | 75 | 100% |
Backend Engineer jobs by seniority
Common Backend Engineer job titles
| Title | Active jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Backend Engineer | 9 | 12% |
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | 7% |
| Software Engineer | 5 | 7% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 2 | 3% |
| Senior Data Engineer | 2 | 3% |
FAQ
- How many Backend Engineer jobs are listed in the United Kingdom?
- This page currently shows 75 Backend Engineer jobs in the United Kingdom.
- Which companies are hiring for Backend Engineer roles in the United Kingdom?
- Current listings include roles from Bjak (6 jobs, 8%), Constructor (4 jobs, 5%), Elliptic (4 jobs, 5%), Climax Studios (3 jobs, 4%), and Grafana Labs (3 jobs, 4%).
- What seniority levels are common for Backend Engineer jobs in the United Kingdom?
- The visible seniority mix includes Senior (42 jobs, 56%), Mid (31 jobs, 41%), and Entry (2 jobs, 3%).
- What work schedules are common for Backend Engineer jobs in the United Kingdom?
- The visible schedule mix includes Full time (75 jobs, 100%).
- What Backend Engineer job titles are common in the United Kingdom?
- Common titles include Senior Backend Engineer (9 jobs, 12%), Senior Software Engineer (5 jobs, 7%), Software Engineer (5 jobs, 7%), Full Stack Engineer (2 jobs, 3%), and Senior Data Engineer (2 jobs, 3%).
- What does this market snapshot include?
- Most visible listings are full-time (75 of 75). Senior-level roles account for 42 of 75 listings. 7 of 75 visible postings include structured pay data.
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Driftrock Limited
Jul 3- Some professional backend experience, ideally with Elixir or a similar language, and a genuine drive to deepen your Elixir skills.
- Driftrock is hiring an Elixir Software Engineer to join our product team and help build the marketing technology that powers…
Turnitin, LLC
Jul 2- This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, rel…
- Lead and design, development, and optimization of scalable backend services using Java and serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda).
IO Global
Jul 2- Backend / data-systems experience — you have built and operated high-performance services or data pipelines in production.
- Engineering discipline — comfortable with rigorous testing, code review, and clear technical communication.
GitLab
Jul 1- An overview of this role As a Senior Backend Engineer on the GitLab Agent Tools team, you'll go beyond using…
- Design, implement, and review GraphQL, REST APIs and related backend logic, ensuring reliability, scalability, and clear contracts with fro…
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Hopper
Jul 1- As a senior-level individual contributor, you will navigate a complex microservices environment to deliver reliable booking fulfillment, in…
- What would your day-to-day look like Execute end-to-end technical integrations with external lodgings, cars and GDS partners while navigati…
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Synthesia
Jul 1- What we're looking for You have experience building and shipping backend infrastructure or platform systems in production environments.
- You have worked on infrastructure supporting ML models or AI agent systems.
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Bjak
Jul 1- Experience building or scaling AI systems (LLMs, embeddings, recommendation systems, or automation workflows).
- Ideal Experience Strong backend or AI engineering experience in production environments.
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Sur
Jun 30- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be at the core of one of the most technically demanding challenges in…
- You will be a technical leader in architecture and design, collaborating directly with the CTO and lead platform engineer to…
Thought Machine
Jun 29- Back End Engineering is a key role within Thought Machine as Back End Engineers lead the development of Thought Machine’s…
- Duties Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using best practices.
Nutrient
Jun 26- Senior Software Engineer (C++/C#) Senior Software Engineer (C++/C#) About Nutrient At Nutrient, we're revolutionizing how the world works w…
- What You'll Work On... Design and implement C++ and C# systems across the core Native layer, taking full ownership from…
Grafana Labs
Jun 25- Design and implement high-quality, scalable integrations for various infrastructure components, databases, and applications Create middlewa…
- Senior Software Engineers at Grafana have a large amount of experience across multiple areas.
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Pave Bank
Jun 25- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and work closely with Product, Compliance, Treasury,…
- You will design distributed systems, implement features end-to-end, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to drive high-qua…
Teleport
Jun 23- Extensive experience developing scalable, reliable, and performant distributed systems and platforms.
- Linux systems engineering experience.
Monzo
Jun 21- This is a platform engineering role in the ML and AI space.
- About Machine Learning Platform Engineering at Monzo: The Machine Learning Platform team builds the systems that help teams across Monzo…
Natural Negative
Jun 19- Strong full-stack skills (modern JS/TS front end + backend services) and solid API and database design.
- The role As our full-stack engineer, you'd own the build of our customer-facing platform, working closely with the CTO, who…
Remote
Jun 19- The position You'll be joining a team of engineers across Frontend, Backend, SRE and QA.
- Kubernetes Docker AWS Nextjs React/Vue/Angular Key Responsibilities Lead the development of major team-scoped projects, participate in cros…
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Ookla
Jun 19- Key Responsibilities: Full-Stack Development: Develop and maintain robust, scalable web applications using React, Redux, and modern backend…
- Proficient in React and Redux with hands-on experience building complex, data-heavy web applications.
XYZ Reality
Jun 18- In this role, you will build high-performance, scalable backend services and work closely with our API development, client applications, an…
- To drive this mission forward, we are seeking a Backend Engineer with strong Node.js experience to support the development of…
P2P. org
Jun 16- Production infrastructure — Linux, bare-metal and cloud (GCP/AWS), Kubernetes, IaC. PostgreSQL; RabbitMQ/Kafka in HA.
- Networking and latency tuning — TCP/QUIC, routing, peering, co-location, kernel/NIC tuning.
Elliptic
Jun 16- Our ideal candidate has: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production backend systems.
- We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us tackle the most technically demanding problems on the platform, working…
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Climax Studios
Jun 15- You’ll be UK or EU based and you’ll be working in a team of backend engineers across MPG.
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Kitman Labs
Jun 15- As an engineer on the team you will: - Help design the systems behind our Performance Medicine product, from the…
- You'll be part of one of our multidisciplinary product teams, where you will build backend systems and work closely with…
Light
Jun 11- Lead technical bank integrations and payment projects, covering scoping, architecture, and delivery across domestic and international payme…
- Your qualifications: 2–3 years of experience building backend systems in payments, fintech, or financial services — ideally with H2H, SFTP,…
Harmonic Security, Inc
Jun 11- About the Role We’re looking for a Backend Engineer who has an appreciation for all things security and system interconnectivity.
- This is a very hands-on technical role where you will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining scalable integrations between…
Ema
Jun 11- Solid background in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming Experience in back-end development using languages like Py…
- Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks like React or Angular Strong problem-solving sk…
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