Backend Software Engineer

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Backend Software Engineer | Belfast (Hybrid) (3 days in Office in Belfast)

Location: Belfast
Type: Full-time


About the Opportunity:
Join a backend engineering team building scalable, cloud-native systems in a product-driven environment. This role focuses on tackling complex engineering challenges while continuously improving system performance, scalability and reliability across a modern tech stack.


What Youll Be Doing:

  • Design, build and maintain backend services in a cloud environment
  • Take ownership of features from concept through to production
  • Optimise application performance and reliability
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and system design
  • Support capacity planning and service scalability
  • Participate in peer code reviews and technical discussions
  • Work closely with engineering, DevOps and product teams


What Youll Bring:

  • Degree in a relevant technical discipline
  • Commercial experience in backend engineering
  • Strong programming skills in Go or Java
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
  • Knowledge of distributed systems, databases and messaging systems
  • Experience working with CI/CD and microservices


Why Join:

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems
  • Exposure to modern tooling and cloud technologies
  • Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical ownership
  • Hybrid working with a Belfast-based team


If you're interested or have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Eve Geddis directly on LinkedIn.

Skills:
Java Go

Benefits:
Medical Aid / Health Care Pension


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Location: Belfast
Job Description:

Backend Software Engineer | Belfast (Hybrid) (3 days in Office in Belfast)

Location: BelfastType: Full-time

About the Opportunity:Join a backend engineering team building scalable, cloud-native systems in a product-driven environment. This role focuses on tackling complex engineering challenges while continuously improving system performance, scalability and reliability across a modern tech stack.

What Youll Be Doing:

  • Design, build and maintain backend services in a cloud environment
  • Take ownership of features from concept through to production
  • Optimise application performance and reliability
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and system design
  • Support capacity planning and service scalability
  • Participate in peer code reviews and technical discussions
  • Work closely with engineering, DevOps and product teams

What Youll Bring:

  • Degree in a relevant technical discipline
  • Commercial experience in backend engineering
  • Strong programming skills in Go or Java
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure
  • Knowledge of distributed systems, databases and messaging systems
  • Experience working with CI/CD and microservices

Why Join:

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale distributed systems
  • Exposure to modern tooling and cloud technologies
  • Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical ownership
  • Hybrid working with a Belfast-based team

If you’re interested or have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Eve Geddis directly on LinkedIn.

Skills:Java Go

Benefits:Medical Aid / Health Care Pension

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Posted: May 12th, 2026