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Back End Developer

Web Development Contractor
ID: #1259
Posted: 2026-03-05
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Senior Backend Engineer (Contract) 📍 Dunton, Essex – 4 days onsite, 1 day remote 📅 Start: ASAP ⏳ 9 month contract | Inside IR35 💰 £500 per day We’re supporting a major global automotive organisation as they continue to invest in modernising their finance technology platforms. They’re looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join a growing engineering team responsible for building scalable, secure backend services that support critical business systems. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys solving complex problems, shaping technical solutions, and helping teams deliver high-quality backend systems in a large-scale environment. The Role As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll play an important role in designing and delivering backend services that are scalable, resilient and secure. You’ll contribute to architectural discussions, lead code reviews, and work closely with engineers across backend, frontend and platform teams to ensure solutions align with broader engineering standards. You’ll also help guide development practices across the team, ensuring strong engineering discipline around testing, quality and delivery. Key responsibilities include: • Designing and developing robust backend systems and services • Creating and reviewing technical designs for complex solutions • Leading code and architecture reviews • Working closely with DevOps, frontend and other engineering teams • Improving development workflows and engineering practices • Supporting and mentoring other engineers when needed Technology The environment is centred around a modern backend stack including: • Java • Spring Boot • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • GitHub and CI/CD pipelines • JUnit and automated testing frameworks • SonarQube, Checkmarx and related quality/security tooling • JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ) • Experience working with TDD / BDD practices and cloud-native architectures is particularly valuable. What They’re Looking For • 5+ years’ experience building and maintaining backend systems • Strong expertise with Java and Spring Boot • Experience designing scalable and resilient architectures • Good knowledge of Git-based workflows and CI/CD • Experience working with cloud platforms (ideally GCP) • A strong focus on code quality, testing and maintainability • Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team Experience in regulated environments such as finance or lending would be beneficial but isn’t essential. If you’re an experienced backend engineer looking to work on large-scale financial systems within a well-established organisation, this is a great opportunity to contribute to a modern engineering environment with strong technical standards. 🥳 Sounds like fun? Please apply with your CV and I will arrange a call to discuss in more detail. At Pixelated People, we don’t just do inclusion and diversity. We embrace people that have different opinions, perspectives and personalities. Because we believe that by seeing the world from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all the people who live in it. So we want you to know that the things that make you, you — like your age, ability, background and identity — are things that we celebrate and support.

Hard Skills 5
Skill Source Confidence
GitHub llm_hard
100%
Java llm_hard
100%
CI/CD llm_hard
100%
Google Cloud Platform llm_hard
100%
JUnit llm_hard
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Soft Skills 4
Skill Source Confidence
Mentoring llm_soft
100%
Collaboration llm_soft
100%
Sharing Ideas and Knowledge llm_soft
100%
Working Independently llm_soft
100%
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