Vintage Recruits
Backend Developer
Vintage RecruitsUnited Kingdom13 days ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology

We are hiring an experienced Senior Back-End Engineer to help build and scale a modern B2B SaaS platform used across private equity, banking, and fund administration. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys owning architecture, driving best practices, and delivering high-performance backend systems.


Role Description

  • Design and develop backend services powering our SaaS platform
  • Build modular, scalable, and open architectures for private equity integrations
  • Develop resilient microservices (Java 21 + Spring Boot)
  • Ensure performance, maintainability, and reliability across the platform
  • Build and document REST APIs
  • Use OpenAPI for interface generation and structured documentation
  • Integrate with systems used by private equity firms, banks, and fund administrators
  • Identify bottlenecks, optimise data flow, and maintain high system performance
  • Champion clean code, automated testing, and CI/CD best practices
  • Contribute to robust deployment pipelines and platform uptime
  • Provide technical guidance to the engineering team
  • Support a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous improvement


Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional backend development experience
  • Strong expertise with Java (ideally Java 21) and Spring Boot
  • Proven experience in architecting and deploying microservices
  • Solid SQL skills + schema versioning with Flyway
  • Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Cognito, KMS)
  • Docker & Kubernetes production experience
  • Strong understanding of REST APIs and OpenAPI
  • Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities

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