Senior Backend Engineer - Revenue

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Charing Cross, United Kingdom
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 64K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

PHP
A/B testing
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Automation of Tests
Continuous Integration
Relational Databases
Database Queries
Laravel
Operational Data Store
Software Architecture
Cloud Platform System
Backend
Build Management
Kubernetes
Machine Learning Operations
REST
Marketplace
Data Pipelines

Job description

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll design and build scalable backend services, APIs and infrastructure that enable pricing capabilities and revenue growth. Working closely with Product, Pricing, Data and Engineering teams, you'll translate commercial ideas into robust technical solutions while helping shape the future architecture of our revenue platform. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll take ownership of solutions from design through to delivery, working on systems that directly impact business performance., * Design, develop and maintain scalable backend services using PHP and Laravel.

  • Build APIs and backend infrastructure that support pricing, revenue and marketplace functionality.
  • Develop and maintain operational data models and data pipelines.
  • Work closely with the Head of Pricing to implement commercial initiatives and new pricing capabilities.
  • Build reliable, scalable and observable systems using modern engineering practices, including CI/CD, automated testing and monitoring.
  • Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions and peer reviews.
  • Continuously improve the performance, scalability and resilience of revenue-critical systems.

Requirements

You'll be an experienced backend engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems and working collaboratively across teams.

You'll ideally have:

  • 5+ years' experience building production backend systems

  • Strong commercial experience with PHP and Laravel

  • Experience building scalable backend services and REST APIs

  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases

  • Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud environments

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

  • Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability and system design

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

  • A proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and take ownership..

Nice to Have

Experience with any of the following would be beneficial, but isn't essential:

  • Pricing or revenue optimisation platforms

  • Marketplace or e-commerce environments

  • Data pipelines or operational data models

  • Modern data tooling or orchestration platforms

  • Experimentation or A/B testing platforms

  • Exposure to machine learning workflows or analytics platforms

About the company

This is an opportunity to build technology that has a direct impact on revenue, customer experience and the future of urban mobility. You'll work alongside talented Product, Pricing and Engineering teams, influence technical decisions, and help deliver scalable solutions that support one of the UK's leading mobility platforms. If you're an experienced backend engineer looking for a role where your work will have measurable business impact, we'd love to hear from you. Hybrid working role based in our London offices (SE1): 3 Days in the office, 2 days from home per week

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