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Backend Engineer

Robert Half
London Contract
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Robert Half Technology are assisting a global market leading e-commerce organisation to recruit a Backend Engineer on a 6 months contract basis. Hybrid working - London based

As a Backend Engineer, you will build and scale services that enable internationalisation and support integration of new platform capabilities into the Live ecosystem.

Role

  • The Backend Engineer will be responsible for building services for multi-language configuration and regional behaviour

  • Supporting currency handling, pricing logic, and transaction flows

  • Integrating new systems into the Live platform

  • Contributing to a shared transaction layer used across multiple products

  • Collaborating with frontend and mobile engineers to deliver consistent experiences Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build backend services end-to-end

  • Contribute to platform and API design decisions

  • Improve system performance and reliability

  • Work within an evolving architecture with real production constraints

Profile
  • The Backend Engineer will have strong API and service development skills

  • Experience working on transaction systems, payments, or eCommerce platforms is required

  • Experience with GraphQL preferred

  • Exposure to Elixir, Go, or similar backend technologies

  • Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments Code-Writing Contribution Owns and delivers production backend services with increasing responsibility in system design.

Company
  • Global market leading e-commerce organisation with offices in London

  • Hybrid working - London based

Salary & Benefits

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.

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