Backend Engineer - #2085864

Robert Half Technology are assisting a global market leading e-commerce organisation to recruit a Backend Engineer on a 6 months contract basis. Hybrid working - London based

As a Backend Engineer, you will build and scale services that enable internationalisation and support integration of new platform capabilities into the Live ecosystem.

Role

• The Backend Engineer will be responsible for building services for multi-language configuration and regional behaviour
• Supporting currency handling, pricing logic, and transaction flows
• Integrating new systems into the Live platform
• Contributing to a shared transaction layer used across multiple products
• Collaborating with frontend and mobile engineers to deliver consistent experiences Key Responsibilities
• Design and build backend services end-to-end
• Contribute to platform and API design decisions
• Improve system performance and reliability
• Work within an evolving architecture with real production constraints

Profile

• The Backend Engineer will have strong API and service development skills
• Experience working on transaction systems, payments, or eCommerce platforms is required
• Experience with GraphQL preferred
• Exposure to Elixir, Go, or similar backend technologies
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments Code-Writing Contribution Owns and delivers production backend services with increasing responsibility in system design.

Company

• Global market leading e-commerce organisation with offices in London
• Hybrid working - London based

Salary & Benefits

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.

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