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# Senior Backend Developer

- **Company:** Inspire People
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £63,824.0 - £80,158.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Unix, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Django Web Framework, Elasticsearch, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Redis, Reliability Engineering, Logstash, Software Engineering, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Datadog, Amazon ElastiCache, Delivery Pipeline, Backend, Amazon Relational Database Service, Terraform, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-backend-developer/57276980

## About the Role

Essential Skills for theSenior Backend Engineer (Site Reliability) include:

 * Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language.
 * Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, focusing on reliability, performance and user outcomes.
 * Experience building and supporting applications in containerised environments.
 * Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking.
 * Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across technical and non-technical teams.

Desirable Skills:

 * Python and Django
 * AWS and Azure
 * Terraform
 * Docker, ECS and ECR
 * PostgreSQL (Amazon RDS)
 * Redis / ElastiCache
 * GitHub Actions, CodePipeline and CodeBuild
 * Elasticsearch / OpenSearch
 * Datadog and Logstash

## Description

Help build and operate reliable, scalable and secure digital services that support UK businesses and trade. Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST), in partnership with Inspire People, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer. Whilst the team primarily develops in Python, we welcome applications from experienced backend developers with Java, C#, Go or similar object-oriented programming backgrounds, with experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems. This permanent Grade 7 role can be based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, with hybrid working of 2-3 days per week in the office, flexible working options and a salary of £63,824 to £80,158 (up to £83,778 for London), including allowances, dependent on location and technical skills assessed at interview., * Design, build and operate reliable, secure and scalable cloud platform services supporting critical digital products.

 * Develop and maintain platform tooling, automation, observability, monitoring and CI/CD capabilities.
 * Build software solutions using Python and modern engineering practices.
 * Write clean, maintainable code and infrastructure-as-code solutions to support service delivery.
 * Embed Site Reliability Engineering principles including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets and continual service improvement.
 * Support live service operations, incident management, troubleshooting and platform resilience.
 * Collaborate with engineers, architects, product teams and stakeholders whilst coaching and mentoring colleagues.


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