About the job
Caspian One is partnering with a top-tier financial institution on a major initiative and is looking to hire experienced backend developers to support the evolution of its internal developer platform.
This opportunity sits within a large, global engineering organisation, focused on improving developer experience, strengthening platform capabilities, and delivering scalable backend systems used by thousands of engineers across the bank.
Role Responsibilities:
- Design and build backend services and API's that underpin the internal developer platform
- Translate complex engineering problems into robust system designs and production-ready code
- Contribute to platform components supporting hybrid on-prem and cloud environments
- Improve reliability and observability across distributed systems
- collaborate with SRE, DevOps, and platform teams to enhance performance, scalability and engineering standards
- Provide technical leadership within a coding-first engineering-led culture
Key Experience Required:
- Strong hands-on backend engineering in Java, Node.js or Python
- Proven experience building APIs and distributed systems at scale
- Solid understanding of HTTP, DNS, TLS, load balancing, gateways and service mesh
- Exposure to containers, Kubernetes and Docker
- Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry or similar observability tooling
- Ability to independently deliver system design, architectural decisions and end-to-end solutions
Additional Context:
- Platform Engineering / SRE / DevOps exposure is beneficial, but this is a coding-first role
- Experience in large enterprise or regulated environments is advantageous
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate within globally distributed teams
- Opportunity to influence engineering standards across a major organisation
This is a high-impact engineering opportunity within a substantial transformation programme, offering exposure to complex systems, large-scale platforms and the chance to shape developer experience across a global organisation.
Pay: Up to £580.00 per day
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sheffield
