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Lead Back End Engineer
mkodo Ltd —London
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
Senior AI Software Engineer
Vodafone —London
- Full-time
- Software troubleshooting
- Mentoring
- AI
7h
Staff Engineer, Credit Technology
Ares Management —London
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Databases
- Bachelor's degree
12h
Senior Build Engineer
Smart Communications —London
- DevOps
- Java
- Analysis skills
FX Client Platforms - Senior UI Software Engineer (Vice President)
Citi —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Mentoring
- AI
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
8d
Senior Game Mathematician
Push Gaming —London
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Java
- Maths
8d
Development Team Lead – Client Facing Technology
TP ICAP —London
- Full-time
- Management
- Databases
- AWS
Senior Full-Stack Cloud Native Developer (OTC Team), Charles River Development, Assistant Vice President
State Street —London
- Full-time
- Azure
- Computer Science
- Engineering
Lead Web3 Engineer - Digital Assets Platform
Citi —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Software troubleshooting
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
8d
Technical Lead
London Stock Exchange Group —London
- Full-time
- Customer service
- English
- Software development
Lead AI Software Engineer
Vodafone —London
- Full-time
- AI
- Leadership
- Communication skills
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Lead Back End Engineer

mkodo Ltd
London

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Job details

Permanent

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Tech scheme
Life insurance
Referral programme

Qualifications

CI/CD
Mentoring junior staff
NoSQL
Microservices
CI/CD pipelines
Back-end development
Mentoring
Professional development mentoring
Kafka
Project leadership
Communication skills

Full job description

Remuneration: Competitive

Location: London or Newcastle

Role Type: Permanent

Key Work Benefits

We take the health and happiness of our employees seriously and we’re consistently searching for new ways to make mkodo the best place to work. From retirement planning to a wellness offering supporting mental & physical wellbeing.

Hybrid/Flexible working

Generous Holidays

Tech Scheme

Employee Assist Program

Bonus and Profit Share

Birthday Off

Team Socials

Pension Contribution

The Role - Lead Back End Engineer

If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, to work in a fast-paced company with cutting-edge technology, please send your CV to [email protected]

Key Skills and Attributes

Strong backend engineering experience, ideally including Java (Java 11+) and Spring Boot.
Proven ability to design and lead backend architectures for complex systems.
Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS is mandatory) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka.
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed system design.
Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern deployment practices.
Skilled mentor with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
Strong problem-solving skills, balancing technical, product, and delivery considerations.
Comfortable in agile environments using Git-based SCM and tools like Jira or Redmine.
Awareness of compliance frameworks such as ISO27001 and PCI.

About the Role

Reporting to a Software Engineering Manager or Head of Engineering, we are seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to be the go-to authority for backend engineering, setting the technical vision, guiding architecture, and driving improvements in tools, processes, and delivery practices. You’ll remain hands-on for critical work, but your greatest impact will come from technical leadership, enabling teams to deliver robust, scalable, and secure services.

With a strong foundation in backend technologies, including Java and Spring Boot, and event-driven systems such as Kafka, you’ll influence systems well beyond your own code, ensuring architectural integrity and high engineering standards across multiple teams. You’ll play a pivotal role in aligning technical strategy with business goals and ensuring our backend capabilities are future-ready.

Main Responsibilities

Technical Leadership
- Define and evolve backend architecture to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance.
- Set coding standards and champion secure development practices (e.g. OWASP).
- Influence technology choices, frameworks, and tools to support engineering excellence.
- Oversee improvements to CI/CD pipelines, build processes, and operational workflows.
- Can clearly and confidently articulate risk of technical problems to non technical stakeholders (e.g legal, product owner, designer)
- Leads projects and features to good outcomes, ensuring appropriate engineering decisions are made to factor in technical debt, systems design, stability/reliability, monitoring/observability and business need.
Hands-On Guidance
- Contribute to key backend systems when your expertise is needed.
- Review and refine critical code, ensuring alignment with architectural goals and best practices.
- Provide technical oversight for major initiatives, ensuring architectural soundness.
Mentoring & Collaboration
- Coach, mentor, and develop engineers, raising capability across the backend discipline.
- Facilitate design discussions, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving sessions.
- Build consensus for architectural and technical decisions across teams and stakeholders.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify and proactively resolve technical debt.
- Introduce new backend technologies and approaches that improve reliability and delivery speed.
- Promote engineering practices that support scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
Community & Advocacy
- Proactively stays up to date with technology trends in their area, and uses this knowledge to contribute thoughts on engineering strategy.
- Share knowledge through presentations, workshops, and internal forums.
- Support recruitment by assessing candidates and promoting a strong engineering culture.
- Ensure backend systems comply with relevant standards such as ISO27001 and PCI.

More benefits

mkodo is a great place to work, with excellent benefits comprising:

Hybrid/Flexible Working
Quarterly team events
Birthday Holiday
Christmas Day-Off
Generous Holiday Allowance
Tech Loan Scheme
Performance bonus & profit share scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Life insurance and income protection
Travel Loan scheme
Supplies of fresh fruits, cereals, biscuits, nibbles, etc. in the offices
Relevant training and training budget.
Digital Nomad Policy
Generous refer a friend scheme

Graduate development journey

Day 1

Grads onboarded as a cohort and focus on specific roles

First 2 weeks

Onboarding sessions and initial training

2 weeks

Grad team project with mentoring support

3 months

Grads present project to execs/senior leadership team. Start more compex project.

6 months

Present second project to the execs/senior leadership team. Grads join a client project team. Tech debt and support issues.

9 months

Start contributing to client deliverables.

12 months

Graduate from Grad scheme and become billable resource.

or send your CV to [email protected]

Recruitment Process

For our web, Android and iOS engineering roles, we follow the below process:

For our roles, we follow the below process:

For our graduate roles, we follow the below process:

Review

We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria

Intro call

Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role

Technical Exercise

You will be invited to a partake in a Pair Programming session with two of our Engineers, to assess your level of technical and coding abilities

Final Interview

A final meet with our HR team, and a Head of Engineering - also the chance to ask any questions about the role, and what it's like to work at mkodo

Offer

We make an offer to the person we feel most suitable for the role and business

Review

We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria

Intro call

Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role

Skills Assessment

You will be invited to a second stage in the process to meet with more members of the team, and to show off your skills in your area of expertise. There will be the opportunity to ask any questions, and find out more about the role, and also to discuss your experience in more detail.

Final Interview

A final meet with our HR team, and a Head of Engineering - also the chance to ask any questions about the role, and what it's like to work at mkodo

Offer

We make an offer to the person we feel most suitable for the role and business

Review

We review applications and screen against our requirement criteria

Intro call

Successful applicants are invited to a 30-minute chat with a member of our team to get to know you a little, and tell you more about the role

1-hour interview

You're invited to a second interview with developers you'll work with. It's a no-code whiteboard session to evaluate your problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills. Show us how you tackle challenges!

Offer

We’ll make offers to the successful graduates to join the cohort in early September

or send your CV to [email protected]

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