Staff Backend Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- City of London, UK#UK, Hybrid, Argentina
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Previous experience contributing within globally distributed software engineering teams.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, or New Relic.
Full description
Staff Backend Engineer
Who is Parser? Technology alone does not create impact-the right teams do. Founded in 2018, Parser is a boutique technology services and consulting firm helping global organisations solve complex business challenges through digital transformation, product development and AI enablement.
We are a fast-growing team of 340+ engineers and consultants across Europe (UK, Spain, Portugal), the Americas (US, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia), and the Middle East. We combine global reach with a mindset focused on agility, senior expertise, and close collaboration.
We work as an extension of our clients' teams, helping them define the right problems, shape solutions, and deliver technology-driven outcomes that create measurable business value. Our expertise spans software engineering, AI & data, product development, and customer experience, delivered by teams that combine strong technical depth with a consulting mindset.
Why Join Us? If you are looking for a place where you can think beyond execution, take true ownership of outcomes, influence decisions, and continuously learn alongside top-tier specialists in a truly global environment, we'd love to meet you.
How will you impact?
As a Staff Backend Engineer at Parser, you will join a strategic greenfield program driving the design, development, and implementation of a next-generation customer fulfillment platform. You will build high-performance microservices, apply deep expertise in asynchronous messaging and latency management, and exert holistic decision-making influence to establish core technical standards and optimize warehouse operations.
Your key responsibilities: Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Architect, build, and optimize high-performance microservices and distributed systems for mission-critical services.
- Exert holistic technical leadership across greenfield software initiatives, establishing clear design pattern rationale and technical quality standards.
- Apply deep expertise in asynchronous messaging, event-driven architectures, and latency management to achieve high throughput and reliability.
- Develop and integrate APIs and microservices with enterprise API and third-party platforms while maintaining clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in real-time to ensure uninterrupted operations.
- Utilize modern Agentic AI platforms (such as Tab 9 and Gemini) to streamline developer workflows and maintain lean team efficiency.
- Collaborate closely with on-site operations teams, cross-functional teams, hardware specialists, and data scientists to align software design with operational objectives.