Robert Half
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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