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# Backend Developer AWS (Belfast)

- **Company:** Upwind Security
- **Location:** Belfast, UK (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £82,253.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Java Architectures, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Neo4j, RabbitMQ, Redis, Software Engineering, Working Model 2D, Google Cloud, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** July 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5810686283

## About the Role

We operate on a hybrid working model, with three days per week in our impressive Custom House Square offices (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) and the remaining days working remotely.

 * Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
 * 1+ years of experience with Backend Engineering in a high-level programming language (e.g. ideally Golang and/or Java)
 * Experience with cloud platforms and products (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure)
 * Experience implementing data-intensive systems (databases, event systems, messaging systems, etc)
 * Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
 * Experience with microservices based architecture

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our great Backend Engineering team.The team faces complex engineering issues on a daily basis, both solving new challenges and constantly improving the existing solutions. We work with all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and use cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Neo4j, ElasticSearch, Redis, TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ, and more., * Responsible for the entire lifecycle of various short-life projects, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring and maintenance in a production environment

 * Performing reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java based applications
 * Contributing to technical and architectural designs, performing capacity planning, defining SLOs and working with other teams to implement
 * Conducting design and code reviews as part of a wider engineering group
 * Interfacing with other teams (e.g. Frontend, DevOps, Product) to deliver best-in-class features


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