INTEC SELECT LIMITED
Lead Backend Engineer
Leads a team building scalable, secure back-end services and event-driven Kafka pipelines for a data-driven organisation in London, staying hands-on in code. Flexible stack (Python, C#/.NET) with APIs (REST/gRPC/GraphQL), cloud and containers. 6-month contract at £650-750/day, hybrid with 2 days onsite per week.
- Compensation
- £650–£750 / day
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong commercial back end experience in Python, C#/.NET or a comparable language
- Proven experience designing, building and versioning APIs (REST, ideally gRPC or GraphQL)
- Hands-on Kafka experience, including topic design, producers and consumers, and stream processing
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers, or acting as a technical lead
- Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
Full description
Lead Back End Developer - Contract role - London
Overview
A growing, data-driven organisation is looking for a Lead Back End Developer to shape and deliver the services that sit at the heart of its platform.
You'll lead a team of engineers, own technical direction and stay hands-on in the code. The stack is flexible (Python, C# and others), so strong engineering fundamentals matter more than any one language.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and build of scalable, secure back end services and APIs
- Own the architecture of event-driven pipelines built on Kafka
- Set engineering standards across code quality, testing, CI/CD and documentation
- Mentor developers, run code reviews and guide technical decisions
- Work with product and data teams to turn requirements into reliable services
- Make sure systems meet security and data protection expectations
- Monitor, troubleshoot and improve performance and reliability in production
Skills and Experience
- Strong commercial back end experience in Python, C#/.NET or a comparable language
- Proven experience designing, building and versioning APIs (REST, and ideally gRPC or GraphQL)
- Hands-on Kafka experience, including topic design, producers and consumers, and stream processing
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers, or acting as a technical lead
- Solid knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
Details
- £650 - £750 P/D (Inside IR35)
- Hybrid role - 2 days P/W onsite
- Initial 6 Month contract