Backend Engineer III at Referrals Only

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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design and implement backend services focused on reliability, scalability and customer impact.
- Collaborate with cross-functional squads to deliver product features and improve system observability and performance.
- Work with distributed systems tooling (Go/Java/Scala, Cassandra, Kafka, Envoy, Kubernetes, Docker, cloud).
- Participate in on-call, incident response, code reviews and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to team processes and help shape a healthy engineering culture and work/life balance practices.

Requirements:
- Strong backend engineering experience and a product-minded approach to building software.
- Familiarity with strongly-typed languages (Go, Java, C, Scala) and distributed systems concepts.
- Practical experience with Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
- Comfortable working in ambiguous environments, collaborating across teams and iterating quickly.
- Willingness to work flexibly across UK locations (London or remote) and engage in team rituals.

Responsibilities

Design and build an in-house banking platform focusing on backend services and distributed systems. Collaborate across disciplines to solve challenges related to payments, finance, and infrastructure.

Requirements

Strong experience in backend technology products and a product mindset focused on customer outcomes. Proficiency in strongly-typed languages like Go, Java, C, or Scala is required.

Key skills

• Backend Engineering — in 127 other listings on The Stack
• Distributed Systems — in 342 other listings on The Stack
• Resilient Software — in 13 other listings on The Stack
• Go — in 230 other listings on The Stack
• Java — in 360 other listings on The Stack
• C — in 43 other listings on The Stack
• Scala — in 30 other listings on The Stack
• Cassandra — in 16 other listings on The Stack
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Envoy Proxy
• AWS
• GCP
• React
• System Design

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Referrals Only has 10 other listings on The Stack, 10 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 214 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 68 visa-sponsored backend engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Referrals Only

Is this Backend Engineer III role still open?

It was posted on 2026-07-13. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Referrals Only's site before applying.

Does Referrals Only offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Referrals Only's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked remote.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Resilient Software, Go, Java, C, Scala, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy Proxy, AWS, GCP, React, System Design.