Senior Backend Engineer

giffgaffUxbridge, United Kingdomlast year

You’ll join an established team whose mission is to empower members (that’s what we call our lovely customers) with a secure and reliable identity experience - making it effortless to register, authenticate, and manage their personal information whilst ensuring privacy and security.

We strive for an outstanding member experience in all areas of giffgaff, so we are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic software engineer who cares about the quality of their work and how the software and services they create will positively impact members. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve and evolve how we solve problems, driven by new, modern practices and challenging the status quo.

Key responsibilities

Build, support and maintain automated, fault-tolerant, scalable products and solutions that are continuously delivered into our production environment.
Leverage your experience and skills to assist your team in establishing the best architecture for your products and services.
Be technically curious, tackling problems without giving up, and producing solutions that less-experienced engineers can use, maintain, and learn from.
Know how to develop and follow a sense of purpose. Be willing to point out, own, and fix things that are broken about our company and in your own career track.
Be a champion for our engineering principles and a leader in team culture, driving great behaviours and practices in your team.
Work with your other Software Engineer colleagues to drive the technical direction and innovation, encouraging collaboration and excellence.

Our tech stack

Server-side: Java, Maven, Spring Boot, JUnit.
Client-Side: Typescript, Next.js, React and various React ecosystem tools and libraries.
Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.

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FAQ

Is the Senior Backend Engineer position at giffgaff remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Senior Backend Engineer job posted?: This listing was posted on July 16, 2025 and is still open for applications.
How do I apply for the Senior Backend Engineer position at giffgaff?: Use the apply button on this page — it takes you directly to the employer’s application page.