Top Backend Jobs in Glasgow

Lead the Managed Kubernetes Core team while remaining hands-on with backend engineering. Responsibilities include writing and reviewing code, leading technical projects, maintaining technical vision, participating in on-call and incident response, coaching 4–8 engineers, and collaborating on product strategy. The role focuses on Kubernetes control planes, cluster autoscaling, platform integrations, add-ons, GPU infrastructure, and managed cloud services.

Build scalable backend systems for BJAK’s AI Finance Agent, including APIs, workflows, multi-provider insurance integrations, quote comparison and ranking, customer data systems, secure audit trails, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and security controls. The role requires reliable handling of timeouts, retries, partial failures, sensitive data, and integrations across markets and partners.

Build and extend the platform layer: design shared backend services and APIs, improve reliability and correctness, collaborate with product teams to remove platform bottlenecks, mentor engineers, shape architecture and migrations, and write high-quality fullstack code with a backend focus.

The Backend Software Engineer will develop and maintain backend systems for data processing related to coffee farming, utilizing Python and PostgreSQL. Responsibilities include feature development, problem-solving, and adapting systems to regulatory changes while ensuring system resilience.

Design, build, and scale Node.js backend services for a MERN-based, real-time platform. Improve performance, reliability, and fault tolerance; design APIs and database schemas; collaborate on architecture, code reviews, and operational ownership. Mentor peers, contribute to hiring, and drive engineering standards.

The role involves back-end development using .NET Core and SQL, contributing to Jibble 2.0 API integrations, and collaborating with product and design teams.

As a Backend Engineer at Trust Wallet, you'll develop backend features for multiple platforms, maintain infrastructure, ensure system monitoring, and foster team growth.

The Senior Backend Engineer will enhance back-end development with Python/Django, implement new features, and improve architecture while collaborating with an Agile team.

The Senior Back-End Software Engineer designs, develops, and maintains scalable backend systems while taking ownership of the software development lifecycle.

Lead backend architecture and delivery for large-scale multiplayer game services. Architect distributed systems, write code, deploy infrastructure, mentor engineers, liaise with clients, design cost estimates, enforce best practices, and drive CI/CD, security, and production readiness.

Design, build and maintain backend services for multiplayer games. Implement distributed systems, CI/CD, containerised microservices, databases (SQL/NoSQL), cloud infrastructure, and documentation. Collaborate on estimates, support teammates, and ensure high-quality deployments and operational standards.

Design, build, deploy and maintain backend services for large-scale multiplayer games. Collaborate with peers and stakeholders on estimates, implement features, ensure CI/CD, docs, security, and support team members while operating autonomously in a remote environment.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll design and maintain core libraries for blockchain transactions, enforce security boundaries, and contribute to best practices in a post-quantum environment.

Lead design and implementation of backend services and distributed systems for real-time AI automation. Build scalable, observable microservices, streaming data pipelines, and async event-driven architectures. Collaborate across frontend, product, and DevOps to ensure performance, reliability, and seamless integration at scale.

The Backend Engineer will implement new SDK and Indexer features, automate testing, support integration, and oversee production releases.

The role involves owning product feature development, participating in system design, and maintaining software performance in an agile setting.

The Senior Staff Backend Engineer will lead technical direction for systems, manage engineering standards, mentor teams, and ensure alignment with broader company goals. Responsibilities include hands-on coding, architecture, and partnership with product teams to maximize impact.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build resilient software and support various banking operations using technologies like Go and Kubernetes.

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will collaborate across teams to build and improve backend systems using various technologies, focusing on customer-centric solutions and resilient software.

Own end-to-end features across Java backends and a TypeScript/Angular frontend for a multi-tenant SaaS platform. Design APIs, schema and queries (MySQL/ClickHouse), build performant UIs, write unit/integration/e2e tests, deploy via containers/CI-CD, and integrate LLM/agentic workflows to help users find and fix data quality issues.

Build and own backend services and APIs in Java for a multi-tenant SaaS. Ship end-to-end product features, operate services on AWS/EKS and Kubernetes, improve reliability, scalability, CI/CD/GitOps, observability, and platform tooling that enables agentic development. Drive architecture and work directly with product and customers.

Design and build distributed backend services for the cloud monetization platform, focusing on correctness, consistency, scalable microservices, distributed transactions, and reliable asynchronous workflows. Influence system architecture, own service implementations, and collaborate across teams to support billing, reservations, payments, and revenue flows.

Develop and maintain server-side components for Tempo's flagship Jira Cloud products using Kotlin/Java. Design scalable distributed systems and APIs, write unit/integration/performance tests, optimize performance and database queries, collaborate with product, design, QA and docs teams, and contribute to code reviews with a focus on security, UX, and maintainability.

Build and maintain backend services and APIs powering onboarding, accounts, payments, cards, transfers, rewards, FX, KYC and risk. Design reliable, secure, observable systems for real transactions; integrate with partners, payment providers and AI services; improve operational workflows, data integrity, and incident handling while collaborating with product, frontend, mobile and AI teams.

The Backend Engineer III will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and build parts of Monzo's banking platform using technologies like Go and Kubernetes, focusing on customer outcomes and resilient software.