Senior Backend Developer - Remote - £110k + Equity
Senior Backend Engineer at a fast-growing UK startup building an enterprise security platform that stops attacks, secures AI usage and hardens identities inside the browser. You'll design and scale Python backend services on AWS serverless infrastructure (CDK, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) within a fully remote 28-person engineering/product team.
- Compensation
- £105K–£110K / yr
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Expert-level Python and a track record of building and scaling large production systems
- Hands-on AWS serverless experience and infrastructure as code (AWS CDK)
- Relational and NoSQL experience (PostgreSQL and DynamoDB)
- Self-directed, owns features end to end from concept through to production
- Genuine focus on the user and how your work affects their experience
Nice to have
- Solid testing and clear documentation practices
Full description
Senior Backend Developer - Remote - £110k + Equity
Limitless has been exclusively engaged by one of the fastest-growing start-ups, building a first-of-its-kind enterprise security platform for the AI era.
Founded by red team and blue team experts, they stop advanced attacks, secure AI usage, harden identities and prevent data loss, all from inside the browsers people already use, with no migration needed. It’s a sharp product solving a very real problem, and the growth reflects that.
The engineering and product team is now 28 strong and fully remote. They’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build and run the large-scale, high-performance systems behind the platform. You’ll have a real hand in how it scales, how reliable it is and how the engineering team works as it grows.
What you’ll be doing:
- Building and maintaining scalable backend services in Python on AWS serverless infrastructure
- Shipping quickly without cutting corners, backed by solid testing and clear documentation
- Reviewing code and giving feedback that raises the bar for the whole team
- Working closely with engineers, designers and product to turn ideas into reliable features
What they’re looking for:
- Expert-level Python and a track record of building and scaling large production systems
- Hands-on AWS serverless experience and infrastructure as code (they use AWS CDK)
- Relational and NoSQL experience (PostgreSQL and DynamoDB)
- Someone self-directed who owns features end to end, from concept through to production
- A genuine focus on the user and how your work affects their experience
Package: £105k + stock options
Tech stack: Python, AWS serverless, AWS CDK, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB
Industry: Cybersecurity
Fully remote: work from home or a co-working space anywhere in the UK
Interview process: Fully remote and transparent, with an intro call, a career projects session where you present two projects you’ve worked on, a panel interview, then the offer stage
Team size: 28 across engineering and product
Benefits: Bupa private medical, life assurance, 4% employer pension (salary sacrifice), uncapped PTO, internet reimbursed, annual allowance for local meetups, and an all-expenses-paid annual offsite to a secret destination
A brilliant business with a deeply experienced engineering team and a real people-first approach to flexibility and work-life balance.