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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Method Resourcing
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £80,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Databases, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Commercial Software, Redis, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Low Latency
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/backend-developer/method-resourcing-job108312633

## About the Role

* 3-6 years of commercial software engineering experience
 * 3+ years using Node.js and TypeScript
 * Experience working on high-throughput systems
 * Strong database experience (PostgreSQL preferred)
 * An interest in system reliability and performance

A huge plus is experience working on products that experience traffic spikes, such as:

 * E-commerce platforms during peak sales ][
 * Streaming platforms
 * Financial services applications
 * High-volume SaaS products
 * Betting or gaming platforms

Sports knowledge matters

## Description

What engineers tend to like is that they're building products used at scale in a real-time environment where performance, reliability, and engineering quality genuinely matter.

Why the role exists

This role sits within kwiff's Sportsbook Team, which is currently a team of four engineers. One engineer is leaving to go abroad, so they're looking to bring in a replacement who can help continue building and scaling one of the most important parts of the platform.

You'll be the fifth engineer in the team, working and reporting into Reece (Head of Backend Engineering) and the wider sportsbook group.

What you'll be working on

The sportsbook platform handles high volumes of traffic and data, particularly around live sporting events where demand can spike very quickly.

You'll be helping to build and improve services that need to be:

 * Highly scalable
 * Reliable
 * Low latency
 * Resilient under pressure

The stack includes:

 * Node.js (essential)
 * TypeScript
 * PostgreSQL
 * Redis
 * AWS

Interestingly, they're less concerned about deep AWS expertise because much of the infrastructure is abstracted away. What they really care about is somebody who understands how to build robust systems and can reason about scalability and reliability.