Senior Backend Engineer | Fully Remote UK | £70,000-£75,000 | Python | Django | AWS
Location: Fully Remote - Candidates MUST be UK based
Salary: £70,000-£75,000 + benefits
Tech Stack:
* Backend: Python (Django)
* Frontend: React
* Cloud Systems: AWS, Docker
Are you a Senior Backend Engineer who enjoys taking ownership of real production systems and shaping how a platform evolves as it scales?
We are working with a specialist technology company building an impactful platform focused on quality, credibility, and long term sustainability. The product is live, revenue generating, and growing steadily, with a clear roadmap for scale and international expansion. This is not an idea stage business and the engineering decisions made now genuinely matter.
Responsibilities:
* Take ownership of the backend platform, covering reliability, scalability, and feature delivery
* Audit and deeply understand an existing Django based system before driving improvements
* Design and build new backend features that support growth and product evolution
* Own technical decisions around architecture, performance, and maintainability
* Work closely with a small senior team to shape the future direction of the platform
Requirements for Success:
* Strong experience building and maintaining backend systems in Python
* Solid understanding of Django and REST based architectures in production
* Experience working with asynchronous systems such as Celery and message queues
* Comfort operating in cloud environments, ideally AWS
* Strong problem solving skills and the ability to take ownership in a startup setting
Our client is looking for someone who is comfortable operating with autonomy, can think critically about system design, and enjoys improving and scaling platforms rather than maintaining legacy code. Clear communication and sound technical judgement matter more than titles or years served.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record in backend engineering and will be confident owning systems end to end. This is an opportunity to be hands on technically now, with scope to influence hiring and leadership direction as the team grows.
Benefits:
* Fully remote working with a high trust environment
* Flexible hours focused on outcomes rather than time spent
* Equity or options available
* Small, collaborative team with no unnecessary red tape
* Opportunity to build a meaningful product with long term impact
Interested and ready to take your engineering career to the next stage? Get in touch at imogen@sr2rec.co.uk or call 07378 549703 for a confidential chat.
Senior Backend Engineer | Fully Remote UK | £70,000-£75,000 | Python | Django | AWS