Senior Backend Engineer

An exciting high-growth technology business is looking for a Senior Backend / Platform Engineer Contractor to support the development and scaling of a critical internal platform. This is a hands-on role focused on backend engineering, cloud infrastructure and platform scalability within a fast-paced product environment. Based in: London (primarily remote) Occasional office travel required 6 months initially Start date: ASAP £500-£600 per day - Outside IR35 The Job As the Senior Backend / Platform Engineer, your responsibilities will include: Developing and enhancing backend services and APIs Improving platform performance, reliability and scalability Designing solutions to support growing data volumes and user demand Working with cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling Supporting integrations with third-party systems and services Implementing monitoring, logging and observability capabilities Collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver new functionality Advising on architecture and technical best practices Helping establish processes to support future platform growth You Strong commercial experience with Python development Experience building and scaling cloud-native applications Strong knowledge of GCP and infrastructure best practices Experience with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks Understanding of platform engineering, DevOps or cloud architecture Experience working in start-up, scale-up or product-led environments Comfortable operating in ..... full job details .....