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Senior Backend Engineer

Farringdon, Central London💼 Full-time💰 $85,000–$85,000🗓 2026-06-02 → 2026-08-07

Core

Building scalable backend systems, APIs, and microservices for insurance workflows including pricing, underwriting, and claims.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Scala)

Builds

Production insurance platforms, broker-facing products, and operational automation tools.

Domain

Insurance technology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Scala, functional programming, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, distributed systems, API design, database management

Preferred skills

Microservices architecture, observability, autonomous technical leadership

Technologies

Scala, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable backend services, improve system architecture and resilience, collaborate with product and underwriting teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, maintain production systems and data flows.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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