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Senior Backend Engineer

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

Core

Designing and maintaining scalable backend systems, APIs, and microservices for insurance products, pricing, underwriting, and claims workflows.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Scala)

Builds

Broker-facing products, pricing and underwriting workflows, claims processes, and operational systems.

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

Experience in regulated environments, autonomous work in small teams, architectural influence

Technologies

Scala, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Develop backend services using functional programming, improve system scalability and observability, collaborate with product and operations teams to implement complex business requirements.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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