Backend Engineer - Data Platform

Join our dynamic Data Processing Product Area at Spotify, where we create innovative platforms and tools that transform the way we process, manage, and leverage data on a massive scale. Our team empowers various departments within Spotify to tackle intricate data challenges with assurance. We emphasize enhancing efficiency, quality, and innovation, enabling engineers and data professionals to accelerate their work while ensuring reliability and cost-effectiveness.

Role Overview Spotify is looking for a Backend Engineer to join the Data Platform team in London. This position focuses on building and improving the backend systems that power Spotify’s data processing and analytics. The work supports a seamless experience for millions of listeners around the globe. What You Will Do Develop and maintain scalable backend systems for data processing and analytics. Work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize Spotify’s data infrastructure. Help ensure high availability and strong performance across backend services. About the Team The engineering team at Spotify values collaboration and technical excellence. The Data Platform group plays a key role in supporting the company’s ability to deliver music and insights at scale.

Backend Platform EngineerWe are looking for a talented Platform Engineer to join our elite team at mlabs, a pioneering software development firm leading the charge in the fintech and digital asset industries. Our organization is a major contributor to one of the world's largest and most dynamic crypto social networks, having generated upwards of $600 million in revenue since early 2024. At the crossroads of high-scale social coordination and decentralized finance, we are committed to revolutionizing the future infrastructure.This role is crucial to maintaining the security, scalability, and integrity of our platform, which is attracting global attention. The ideal candidate will enhance our backend engineering and infrastructure security, executing robust controls across a complex cloud and blockchain ecosystem.Key Responsibilities:Pipeline Security: Develop and maintain a secure CI/CD pipeline, integrating automated security checks throughout the development lifecycle.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and implement infrastructure following IaC principles while adhering to security best practices.Security Automation: Automate security scanning and monitoring of our cloud and blockchain infrastructure for real-time threat detection and mitigation.Container Security: Establish and manage advanced security protocols for high-throughput containerized environments.Observability & Metrics: Create and sustain comprehensive security dashboards to monitor and report on our security posture.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside development teams to address security issues and enhance code-level security standards.Secrets & Key Management: Design and implement sophisticated solutions for secrets management and cryptographic key handling.Configuration Baselines: Set and enforce secure configuration baselines across our entire cloud infrastructure.

yuno is looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Data Platform team in London. This position centers on strengthening the company’s data infrastructure, which is essential for collecting, managing, and using data across multiple products and teams. Role overview The Engineering Manager will oversee a group of engineers dedicated to the development and performance of yuno’s data platform. The work involves guiding the team through the design and implementation of data systems that are both scalable and reliable. What you will do Lead and support a team working on the data platform’s development and ongoing performance. Direct the design and rollout of data systems built for scale and reliability. Encourage a collaborative and creative team culture. Ensure delivery of data solutions that align with business goals. Location This role is based in London.

Join Storio Group as an Engineering ManagerRole Overview:We are on the lookout for a skilled Engineering Manager specializing in Data to lead our dynamic London-based data team. Your primary focus will be to develop and enhance a platform that fosters a decentralized data adoption model throughout our organization.At Storio, we prioritize delivering reliable and actionable data that fulfills business requirements. We’re eager for you to build and manage a high-performing team dedicated to this objective. If you have a background in software engineering management with a focus on data, we would love to hear from you!Our data and AI team is expanding across the UK and the Netherlands, serving as the backbone for various data-driven consumers and platforms within Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Product teams.Our AI photo services are pivotal to enhancing customer experience, and we are broadening our efforts towards decentralized machine learning adoption within the business. Following a series of mergers, our team has unified and is transitioning from a phase of simplifying legacy systems to a stage of consolidation and growth.Our Technology Stack:• Cloud Data Warehouse - Snowflake• AWS Data Solutions - Kinesis, SNS, SQS, S3, ECS, Lambda• Data Governance & Quality - Collate & Monte Carlo• Infrastructure as Code - Terraform• Data Integration & Transformation - Python, DBT, Fivetran, Airflow• CI/CD - Github Actions / Jenkins

About Our TeamJoin our innovative AI Platform team at realtimeboardglobal, where we are at the forefront of Miro’s AI-powered product vision. We are dedicated to developing the internal platform, tools, and APIs that empower Miro’s product teams to integrate and scale AI applications seamlessly. Our mission is to create a robust and adaptable technical foundation for AI innovation, enabling our teams to work efficiently, innovate responsibly, and deliver exceptional AI features to our users.Your RoleAs a Senior Backend Engineer within our AI Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in constructing and enhancing the core infrastructure that powers AI across Miro. You will establish the technical groundwork for how we develop, deploy, and manage AI/ML capabilities, serving tens of millions of users as we transition into an increasingly intelligent product. You will design internal tools that allow teams to experiment with and release AI features swiftly and responsibly, as well as manage data pipelines for AI applications. This is a unique opportunity to influence how AI is developed and embraced company-wide.

Recursion Pharmaceuticals brings together technology and biology to advance drug discovery. The company’s Recursion Operating System combines machine learning, large-scale experiments, and a proprietary dataset that spans biological, chemical, and patient-related data. Each week, the team conducts millions of wet lab experiments and uses a supercomputing environment to find new connections in biology and chemistry. What you will do Develop, scale, and manage the core data platform. This includes building, operating, and optimizing systems that support querying and exploration across Recursion’s vast datasets, such as a chemistry library with billions of compounds, petabytes of microscopy images, and diverse assay results. Help make complex datasets accessible for scientific teams. Work closely with biologists, chemists, and data scientists to ensure data from different biological models and treatments can be explored and queried, even for new and evolving research questions. Mentor and support colleagues by sharing technical expertise and experience, helping others grow and increasing impact across teams. The team This role joins the Data Lake team, responsible for building and maintaining Recursion’s Data Lake and Data Lakehouse. The group manages both relational and object storage, ensuring all data is discoverable, queryable, and connected. As Recursion grows, the team integrates new data types under the guiding principle that all data flows to the Data Lake. Location London, England; Milton Park, England

Role overview As a Staff Engineer on the Data Platform team at yuno in London, the focus is on designing and developing scalable data solutions. These systems help internal teams operate more efficiently and contribute to product improvements across the company. This position involves hands-on work with technical architecture, providing the chance to influence how data systems are built and maintained. Projects in this role are closely tied to business goals, with a direct impact on yuno’s progress. Key responsibilities Build and maintain scalable data platforms to support internal stakeholders Contribute to the design and evolution of technical architecture Work on projects that drive product and business growth Location This role is based in London.

Role overview Wise is hiring a Data Platform Engineer focused on the Database Platform, working primarily with Python. This role centers on improving data processes, maintaining strong performance, and supporting scalable solutions. The work involves close collaboration with teams across the business to deliver reliable and efficient data systems. What you will do Optimize and streamline data workflows for better performance and scalability Work with cross-functional teams to implement effective data solutions Contribute technical expertise to improve Wise’s data architecture Location This position is based in London.

Join Contentful as a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in our cutting-edge AI Platform. In this pivotal role, you will architect and develop robust backend systems that support our innovative AI solutions. Collaborate with a dynamic team of engineers and data scientists to design scalable APIs and enhance our platform's capabilities.

Job Title: Engineering Manager - Data Platform & Analytics Engineering Location: London, Bristol or Edinburgh (Hybrid options available) Salary: £92,800 - £115,000 Reporting to: Head of Data Science & Products Eligibility: Must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is currently not available. Kaluza is at the forefront of reshaping the energy landscape through our Energy Intelligence Platform. We empower energy companies to navigate the complexities of modern energy demands while driving the transition to a sustainable, electrified future. Utilizing cutting-edge Data, AI technologies, and real-time decision-making, we convert energy challenges into growth opportunities for our partners. Our innovative approach combines predictive algorithms with user-centric design, ensuring that clean energy remains reliable and affordable. With a diverse team spanning Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, and a strategic partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan, we are proud to support industry leaders such as OVO, AGL, and ENGIE, along with pioneering companies like Volvo and Volkswagen. Join the Kaluza Data Community: Data is pivotal to our mission, and we seek curious minds who can transform data into actionable insights and strategies. You will be instrumental in enhancing the Kaluza platform, a pioneering technology designed to revolutionize energy retail operations globally, with a focus on regional adaptability and decarbonization efforts.

Join Spotify as a Senior Fullstack Engineer and play a pivotal role in developing our innovative Data Platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust solutions that enhance our data processing capabilities. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic environment.

Join Wise as a Senior Software Engineer I, where you will play a crucial role in developing and enhancing our Acquiring Platform. As a backend engineer specializing in Java, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create reliable, scalable, and innovative software solutions that will help us deliver exceptional payment experiences to our users.

Recursion Pharmaceuticals is reimagining drug discovery by combining biology and data in new ways. The Senior Scientific Data Engineer - Data Platform will help shape and maintain the data infrastructure that drives this mission. This position is based in either London or Oxford. Role overview This role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining scientific data systems that underpin Recursion’s research and product development. The emphasis is on data architecture rather than machine learning or model building. The work involves: Managing the ingestion, standardization, and distribution of public and proprietary datasets essential for drug discovery. Enabling competitor intelligence, chemical tractability analysis, and compound design workflows through well-structured data products. Owning and evolving the data infrastructure that supports predictive modeling and machine learning across the company. This position suits engineers who enjoy building complex scientific data systems. It is not a modeling or data science role. Key data systems and products Flagship SAR Data Mart: Integrates commercial and public bioactivity databases (such as ChEMBL) with internal assay results. Commercial Vendor Data Mart: Maintains a catalog of purchasable compounds for internal design tools and tractability assessments. Biomedical Knowledge Graph: Offers semantic graph infrastructure connecting targets, diseases, and compounds to support AI-driven research. Chemical Synthesis Data: Stores reaction datasets for training retrosynthesis models and predicting chemical tractability. Patent Intelligence System: Converts patent feeds and competitor data into actionable insights for research and strategy. Compound Standardization Registry: Maintains a large-scale chemical structure repository to ensure consistency across billions of compounds, similar to UniChem. Important note This is a specialized Data Engineering position focused on data infrastructure and stewardship. The work does not include training or building predictive models, but it directly supports those efforts through reliable systems and curated datasets.

Checkout.com supports online payments for major brands including eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony, processing billions of transactions every year. With a presence in 19 offices across six continents and headquarters in London, the company emphasizes high performance, continuous improvement, and innovation. Employees contribute directly to shaping the future of fintech. Role overview The Senior Engineering Manager - Data Platform leads the Data and AI Platform Team. This group provides the systems and tools that enable products, merchants, and internal teams to make effective use of data and AI. The goal is to maximize time spent on innovation and solving business problems, while reducing the complexity of technical implementation, deployment, and monitoring. As Checkout.com grows, the Data Platform must scale to support hundreds of teams and manage petabyte-scale data volumes. What you will do Guide the team in designing technical architecture and building user-focused systems and tools. Oversee technical delivery and operational reliability, driving process automation and maintaining high engineering standards. Ensure service levels (SLAs/SLOs) are met with minimal manual intervention. Manage a team of Junior and Senior Data Engineers, providing hands-on support when needed. Foster an inclusive culture and mentor team members in both technical and interpersonal development. Lead quarterly execution of roadmap deliverables, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Location This position is based in London.

Wheely provides premium transportation services in major cities across Europe, the US, and the Middle East. The company supports over 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate clients, combining advanced technology with professional chauffeuring. With $43M in funding and annual revenue exceeding $100M, Wheely continues to grow, recently expanding into New York City. Role overview The Senior Backend Engineer, Platform, joins a team responsible for building and maintaining the foundational systems that power Wheely’s engineering organization. This group develops shared tools, manages significant migrations (such as moving away from a Ruby monolith), and works to strengthen the company’s infrastructure. The team emphasizes lightweight frameworks and clean, maintainable code, relying on practices like Test-Driven Development (TDD), Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and continuous integration and delivery. Technology stack Go (Golang) as the primary language Ruby monolith (legacy, currently being migrated away from) PostgreSQL and MongoDB for databases RabbitMQ and Redis for messaging and caching gRPC and Thrift for APIs and protocols AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform for cloud and infrastructure Interview process Initial recruiter screening Algorithm assessments Live coding exercises Systems design discussions For senior candidates, a structured review of previous experience and achievements Wheely seeks engineers who care about their craft and want to contribute to the platform as the company continues to grow.

Join Spotify as a Senior Android Engineer within our innovative Data Platform team. In this role, you will leverage your extensive Android development experience to enhance our data services and deliver optimal user experiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and data scientists, to design and implement robust solutions that support our growing user base.

Join Relay in Revolutionizing Logistics!At Relay, we are fundamentally transforming the way goods are transported in the digital age. With the backing of Europe’s largest logistics Series A funding ($35M) from visionary investors like Plural—whose portfolio ranges from fusion energy to space exploration—we are growing at an unprecedented pace, surpassing 99.98% of venture-backed startups. We are building an exceptionally talented team that is setting new benchmarks in the logistics sector.Our Mission is to eliminate barriers to commerce. Currently, high delivery costs function as a hidden tax on e-commerce, dictating what can be sold online and who can engage in this space. We aspire to create a world where goods move freely among people, ensuring a seamless and accessible online shopping experience for all.The Team• A dynamic team of approximately 110 individuals, over half of whom are in engineering, product, and data roles.• Home to 45+ advanced degrees in fields such as computer science, mathematics, and operations research.• Handling thousands of data points for each parcel we manage, with extensive calculations, analyses, and predictions.• A culture that thrives on first-principles thinking, rapid feedback loops, and relentless experimentation.Your OpportunityAt Relay, our network generates data at every interaction—couriers, routes, parcels, sortation, pricing, and demand signals. This data serves as the foundation for every decision we make, especially as we increasingly integrate AI systems for autonomous decision-making.As the Head of Data Platform, you will oversee the infrastructure that transforms raw data into actionable insights. This includes managing the transformation layer (dbt), the semantic layer (Cube), the pipelines that supply them, and the standards that ensure the output is reliable. You will be tasked with ensuring data readiness for human analysts, dashboards, machine learning models, and autonomous agents.This is a pivotal leadership role where you will inherit a high-performing engine. The platform currently supports critical decision-making across all departments, backed by a robust dbt architecture and a semantic layer with strict naming conventions. Your mission is to elevate this 'V1' success into a world-class platform that remains the ultimate source of truth as our complexity scales.You will lead a team of dedicated data and analytics engineers who possess deep technical expertise and take great pride in their work. They are autonomous and have a clear vision of excellence. What they need is a leader who can...

Join Spotify's dynamic team as a Senior Backend Engineer focused on our innovative Commerce Platform. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing and optimizing backend solutions that drive our core commerce functionalities. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experiences, improve system performance, and ensure robust scalability.

About Caxton Associates:Founded in 1983, Caxton Associates is a premier global trading and investment firm, with a presence in key financial hubs including New York, London, Bengaluru, Monaco, Singapore, and Dubai. Our firm is dedicated to managing client and proprietary capital, offering a diverse range of products specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of our investors. By employing a multi-portfolio manager framework, we excel in discretionary global macro investing, leveraging extensive expertise across various asset classes and markets.About the Role:We are on the lookout for a skilled Database Engineer to enhance our London-based technology team. This hands-on position is pivotal in the design, development, and optimization of the company's core data platforms. You will be instrumental in shaping and scaling our data architecture, directly influencing trading and investment decisions. Candidates must possess strong technical skills, a keen eye for data quality, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.