Backend engineer jobs in London
87 open roles for backend engineers in London as of Nov 15, 2026. Deliveroo, Iwoca.co.uk, Palantir, Preply and Monzo have the most. 14 are remote.
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- Staff Backend Engineer - Operations Tech TeamIwoca.co.uk · 🇬🇧London£100K - £130KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Tech Lead - Shared Backend ServicesIwoca.co.uk · 🇬🇧London£100K - £130KRemoteLead and abovePythonDjangoKubernetes
- Senior Backend Engineer II & III (.NET)M KOPA · 🇬🇧London—RemoteSeniorC#.NETAzure
- Staff Backend Engineer - Content PlatformSpotify · 🇬🇧London—Lead and aboveGoJavaKotlin
- Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (Routing & Optimisation)Hived · 🇬🇧London HQ—HybridLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Full-stack Engineer (backend-heavy)Preply · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Back-End EngineerPreply · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorGoPythonNode.js
- Senior Backend Engineer - Introducer TechIwoca.co.uk · 🇬🇧London£80K - £100KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Backend Engineer - MobilityM KOPA · 🇬🇧London—RemoteSeniorC#.NETDocker
- Senior/Staff Backend Engineer (London, Hybrid)Dualentry · 🇬🇧London, UK (Hybrid)£130K - £220KHybridLead and abovePythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Senior Backend Engineer - Credit Card PaymentsIwoca.co.uk · 🇬🇧London£100K - £120KHybridSeniorPythonPostgreSQL
- Senior Backend Engineer - .NetTrainline · 🇬🇧London · +1 more location£85K - £95KSeniorC#.NETPostgreSQL
- Senior Backend Engineer - Content PlatformSpotify · 🇬🇧London—SeniorGoJavaScala
- Senior Backend Product EngineerCAIS · 🇬🇧London, England£95K - £125KSeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Software Engineer, BackendAdaptyv · 🇬🇧London—HybridPythonTypeScriptPostgreSQL
- Backend Software EngineerToogoodtogo · 🇬🇧London, UK—JavaDockerRedis
- Product Engineer (Backend)Granola · 🇬🇧London£100K - £130KTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQL
- Software Engineer (Backend) - LondonTeton · 🇬🇧London—
- Senior Software Engineer (Backend)- MerchantsDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo—SeniorRustGoPython
- Software Engineer II (Backend) - SubscriptionsDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo—AI agents
- Software Engineer II (Backend) - Home Page & Merchandising PlatformDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo—RustGoPython
- Golang Backend Engineer, Financial Product FraudDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo · +1 more location—GoPythonNode.js
- Senior Backend EngineerWheely · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom—SeniorGoPythonC++
- Backend EngineerWheely · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom—GoPythonC++
- Backend Engineer (Mid/Senior), MarketplaceWheely · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom—SeniorGoPythonC++
- Backend Engineer (Mid/Senior), MapsWheely · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom—SeniorGoPythonC++
- Senior Backend EngineerSparta Commodities · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptJava
- Backend / Data Platform EngineerFoundational · 🇬🇧London—RustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend - New VerticalsDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo—SeniorRustGoPython
- Backend Engineer - Acquisition TechnologyIwoca.co.uk · 🇬🇧London£70K - £85KHybridPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Backend Engineer9fin · 🇬🇧London—SeniorPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Software Engineer, Backend (BI Platform)Deliveroo · 🇬🇧London, United Kingdom - Deliveroo—PythonSQLLLM
- Backend Engineer - Partner FlowIwoca.co.uk · 🇬🇧London£60K - £85KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Search Backend Engineercommercetools · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · +1 more location—HybridSeniorRustScalaTerraform
- Backend Engineering Team LeadNetcraft · 🇬🇧London, Manchester, or Bath (UK)—Lead and aboveGoMachine LearningMongoDB
- Software Engineer-II BackendSocure · 🇬🇧Hybrid - London—HybridGoPythonJava
- Principal Engineer, Mobile Platform & Backend SystemsAlphaSense · 🇬🇧London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom—Lead and aboveGraphQLKafka
- Senior II Full-Stack Engineer (back-end heavy)Preply · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Backend Engineer - RevenueArrive · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorSQLPHPMachine Learning
- Senior Backend Software EngineerFreetrade · 🇬🇧London£75K - £115KHybridSeniorTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQL
- Staff Backend EngineerTrading212 · 🇬🇧London—HybridLead and aboveGoTypeScriptNode.js
- Senior Backend EngineerTrading212 · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorGoTypeScriptNode.js
- Senior Backend Software EngineerSmarkets · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, BackendEncord · 🇬🇧London—SeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Backend Engineer(Go), Storage PlatformWolt · 🇩🇪🇬🇧Berlin, Germany; London, England—SeniorGoKubernetesDynamoDB
- Senior II - Back-End EngineerPreply · 🇬🇧London—HybridSeniorPythonNode.jsJava
- Back-End Engineer, TradingBlockchain.com · 🇬🇧London—PythonKotlinSQL
- Staff Backend EngineerReferrals Only · 🇬🇧Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)—RemoteLead and aboveGoReactJava
- Senior Backend EngineerReferrals Only · 🇬🇧Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)—RemoteSeniorGoReactJava
- Backend Engineer IIIReferrals Only · 🇬🇧Cardiff, London or Remote (UK)£85K - £110KRemoteGoReactJava
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Where backend engineer roles in London are
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom87
- 🇪🇺Europe87
- 🇬🇧London87
- 🇩🇪Germany2
- 🇩🇪Berlin2
- 🇺🇸United States1
- 🇺🇸New York, NY1
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area1
- 🇺🇸California1
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about backend engineer jobs in London
- How many backend engineer jobs in London are open right now?
- There are 87 open backend engineer jobs in London at 49 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 3 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most backend engineer jobs in London?
- Right now the most openings are at Deliveroo (7), Iwoca.co.uk (6), Preply (5), Palantir (5) and Wheely (4). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote backend engineer jobs in London?
- 14 of the 87 open backend engineer jobs in London (16%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do backend engineer jobs in London pay in pounds?
- 19 of the open postings state a yearly range in pounds: the median midpoint is £110,000, and the middle half advertise £90,000 to £115,000. These are advertised ranges as each employer wrote them, not verified pay.
- Is it hard to get one of the backend engineer jobs in London?
- 0 of the 87 open backend engineer jobs in London (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 25 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 49 companies are hiring and 3 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing backend engineer jobs in London?
- 21 of the 87 open backend engineer jobs in London (24%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, LLM, PyTorch. Employers still list 87 such roles today at 49 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do backend engineer jobs in London ask for?
- Most often Python (49%), AWS (49%), Kubernetes (46%), Go (41%), PostgreSQL (39%) of the 87 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in backend engineer jobs in London?
- Senior Backend Engineer (18), Backend Engineer (9), Software Engineer (7), Staff Backend Engineer (5), Backend Software Engineer (4): the most common titles among the 87 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are backend engineer jobs in London in demand in 2026?
- 87 backend engineer jobs in London are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 49 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 3 were posted in the last seven days. 14 (16%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for backend engineer jobs in London?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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