Senior Backend Engineer

🕒 August 5

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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AlphaSights

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1001 - 5000 employees

🤝 B2B

💼 Consulting

💰 Venture Round on 2008-01

B2B • Consulting

AlphaSights is the global leader in knowledge on-demand, founded in 2008. The company connects investors and business leaders with the information they need to succeed, providing services such as research, business intelligence, and professional expertise. With over 1500 colleagues working from nine cities worldwide, AlphaSights ensures round-the-clock coverage for top investment funds, consultancies, and Fortune 500 companies.

📋 Description

• Join a cross-functional Engineering team with product managers and designers • Deliver working code solving problems for internal and external customers • Own services managed by the team and align their development with AlphaSights Engineering strategy • Mentor more junior Engineers • Define technical solutions to business problems and contribute to scalable architecture • Develop backend Kotlin microservices with Postgres, frontend React, and legacy Ruby on Rails services • Evaluate new technologies to improve the technology stack • Deploy frequent releases using CircleCI and Spinnaker for CI/CD • Gather customer feedback to inform iterations • Monitor services, diagnose root causes, and deploy fixes

🎯 Requirements

• Degree in a STEM subject is mentioned as probable, but the employer is open to candidates who developed their craft via a different route • 5+ years of experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team • Technical expertise with at least one programming language, including Python, Kotlin, or Ruby • Ideally, experience with relational databases • Demonstrable impact in previous roles • Ability to work independently and proactively • Meticulous attention to detail • Must be a current UK resident • AlphaSights is unable to sponsor visas for this position

🏖️ Benefits

• L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies