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# Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)

- **Company:** DualEntry
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Business Logic, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Web Application Frameworks, Flask (Web Framework), Backend, Fastapi, Cassandra, Xero (Accounting Software), Restful APIs
- **Published:** May 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7156765bb1efd065

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Xero?, * Hardcore work ethic and high agency

 * 5+ years of experience in backend engineering (language agnostic)
 * Deep experience with complex business logic products
 * Experience deploying on AWS (or similar cloud infrastructure)
 * Strong database skills: PostgreSQL, SQL, ORMs, migrations, schema design
 * Experience building and testing robust APIs
 * Solid understanding of software lifecycle, CI/CD, and production-readiness
 * Ability to manage complex systems with evolving requirements
 * Python and a modern web framework (FastAPI, Flask, or Django) is a plus
 * Fluent in English (C1+) with strong written and verbal communication

## Description

* Build APIs, services and infrastructure that handle real-time, business-critical and complex accounting logic
 * Launch production-ready features from scratch, including CI/CD pipelines and deployment
 * Work with product to turn complex finance workflows into performant, secure systems
 * Manage complexity in a business-logic-heavy product, including data migrations and scale challenges
 * Integrate third-party tools and external systems - proactively managing edge cases and risk
 * Own your work from architecture to testing, monitoring, and post-release care, * Pragmatic: you like to move forward and make decisions based in reality (not theory). We don't debate if Cassandra has the most theoretical scalability - we use Postgres until it breaks
 * Hard working: 'You can work long, hard, or smart, but [here] you can't choose two out of three" - Jeff Bezos. We wrote this job post during the weekend
 * Curious: you love to learn, are highly curious about new frameworks and solutions to engineering problems
 * Fast-moving: you deploy daily, iterate quickly, and never wait for permission


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