About the Company

Company Name: Attest
Location: London
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Technology

About the Role

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer
Salary: £85,000 - £105,000 depending on experience
Work Model: Hybrid (1-2 days in office, typically Tuesdays and Thursdays)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a cross-functional product squad (Product, Design, Data Science) to build new features and maintain standards.
• Improve engineering efficiency by analyzing patterns, tooling, CI, and processes.
• Participate in planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Coach and collaborate with other engineers.
• Design and implement scalable architecture for data and user demand.
• Explore innovative problem-solving methods and become an expert in complex systems.
• Deliver features regularly, balancing code quality with pace.
• Actively participate in the backend chapter.

Qualifications

• Outcome-focused with the ability to use data and feedback to solve problems.
• Experience in implementing engineering efficiencies in a Backend or Senior Backend role.
• Strong communication skills to share ideas and processes effectively.
• Passion for optimization and efficiency, with a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Ability to embrace change and help others adapt.

Benefits

• Work from anywhere in the world up to 80 days a year.
• 25 days holiday per year plus additional festive days.
• £40 monthly wellbeing budget.
• £240 yearly L&D budget, plus access to a larger budget for qualifications and courses.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• 2 days per month for charity or community work.
• Enhanced parental leave (18 weeks paid leave for Primary carer).
• Up to 12 weeks paid leave for premature births and neonatal care.
• Paid leave for IVF, fertility treatment, and pregnancy loss.

Additional Information

This role may not be suitable if you:

• Prefer a structured environment where every opinion is valued equally.
• Prefer to work in isolation without collaboration.
• Favor complexity over simplicity in software systems.
• Resist changes to your working style.