Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer Belfast (Hybrid - 3 days in office) | Full-time At a Glance Role: Backend Software Engineer Location: Belfast - Hybrid (3 days in office) Employment Type: Full-time Stack Highlights: Go or Java | AWS / GCP / Azure | Microservices | CI/CD Environment: Product-driven, cloud-native engineering team Who You'll Work For Our client is a product-driven technology organisation with a Belfast-based engineering hub. The team builds and operates large-scale, cloud-native backend systems, working with modern tooling across distributed infrastructure. Engineering ownership is strong here - individuals are trusted to take features all the way from concept to production, contributing to architectural thinking and long-term platform health alongside daily delivery work. What You'll Be Doing As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll be embedded in a collaborative engineering team focused on building reliable, scalable services. Day-to-day responsibilities include

Designing, building and maintaining backend services in a cloud environment Taking full ownership of features from concept through to production Optimising application performance and system reliability Contributing to architectural decisions and system design discussions Supporting capacity planning and ongoing service scalability Participating in peer code reviews and technical knowledge-sharing Collaborating closely with engineering, DevOps and product teams Your Impact In this role you'll have direct influence on the quality and resilience of systems that operate at scale. Your contributions to architecture, performance and code quality will shape the platform's long-term direction. By working across engineering and product teams, you'll help ensure that technical decisions align with broader business goals and your voice will be heard in the room where those decisions are made. What We're Looking For Essential Degree in a relevant technical discipline Solid commercial experience in backend software engineering Strong programming skills in Go or Java Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure) Knowledge of distributed systems, databases and messaging systems Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and microservices architectures Desirable Experience in high-throughput or large-scale production environments Exposure to infrastructure-as-code or platform engineering practices Familiarity with observability tooling (logging, tracing, metrics) A track record of contributing to architectural or technical roadmap decisions What's In It For You Work on large-scale distributed systems with real engineering complexity Exposure to modern cloud tooling and an evolving technology stack Strong culture of technical ownership engineers lead, not just execute Hybrid working model with a tight-knit Belfast-based team A collaborative environment where your technical input genuinely matters If you're interested or have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Eve Geddis directly on LinkedIn. Skills: Java Go AWS