Backend engineer jobs in the United Kingdom

1,722 open Backend engineer roles at 800 companies in the United Kingdom. 1,640 of them are open to candidates of any nationality; the rest ask for citizenship or a government security check. 98 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 24 Oct 2026
open roles
1,722
companies
800
open to any nationality
95%
median stated pay
$133k

Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Modelwise37100%5
Wise36100%5
Leonardo260%
JPMorganChase24100%
Deliveroo15100%
Amazon14100%2
Graphcore14100%
Wayve13100%13
Apple12100%
Arm Holdings12100%2
Marks & Spencer12100%
DRW11100%
Citi11100%
Palantir Technologies10100%
London Stock Exchange10100%

Newest roles

webbyfox consultancy

webbyfox.co.uk
webbyfox.co.uk • London • Software • Web Development Services • Est. 2012 • Hiring 2, 2 new
London • Software • Web Development Services • Est. 2012 • Hiring 2, 2 new
UK Python web development agency. Senior engineers building Django web applications and FastAPI services, upgrading legacy codebases and extending in-house teams.
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Senior Python Engineer

≈ $84k – $158k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • London • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, US time zones hours) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
PHP
Python
Flask
FastAPI
Django
Asyncio
Celery
PHP
Laravel
WordPress
Databases
Redis
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
Git
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
QA
Pytest
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Wayve

wayve.ai
wayve.ai • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Machine Learning • Autonomous Driving • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Hiring 175, 11 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Machine Learning • Autonomous Driving • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Hiring 175, 11 new
Wayve is a British autonomous driving company founded in Cambridge in 2017 that trains end-to-end neural networks to drive rather than assembling hand-written rules around high-definition maps. Its AI Driver learns from camera video and can be deployed on standard vehicle sensor sets, which is what lets the company demonstrate driving in cities it has never mapped. Headquartered in London and backed by a one billion dollar SoftBank-led round plus investment from NVIDIA, Microsoft and Uber, it partners with carmakers to ship assisted driving software and is developing fully driverless deployments.
Alex Kendall · Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Amar Shah · Co-Founder · founder
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Senior Software Engineer - Platform Integration, Robot Software

≈ $141k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (London, United Kingdom) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
C++
Python
AI/ML
Embodied AI
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS2
NVIDIA Drive
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Software Engineer - Map & Route

≈ $115k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid (London, United Kingdom) • Relocation • Full-Time
TypeScript
SQL
Python
Python
pySpark
Databases
PostGIS
Databricks
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Embodied AI
Spark
Flyte
DevOps
Bazel
Kubernetes
Azure
Management
Google Maps
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Much Better Adventures

muchbetteradventures.com
muchbetteradventures.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Travel Technology • Adventure Tourism • Startup • Hiring 2, 2 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Travel Technology • Adventure Tourism • Startup • Hiring 2, 2 new
Do Wild Things! Join 270+ solo-friendly, expert-led, outdoor adventures with Much Better Adventures. Book your next escape today.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Product Engineer (Activate / Engagement)

$87k – $107k per year • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
Python
Django
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
AI Agents
Design
Figma
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Campbell Global

campbellglobal.com
campbellglobal.com • HQ: Portland, United States • Land & Agriculture Property • Asset Management & Funds • Forest Resources • 501-1000 employees • Trust A • Hiring 380, 219 new
HQ: Portland, United States • Land & Agriculture Property • Asset Management & Funds • Forest Resources • 501-1000 employees • Trust A • Hiring 380, 219 new
Campbell Global brings more than three decades of experience and leadership to sustainable timberland and natural resource investment management.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 20 min ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 86%

Principal Software Engineer - Python/AWS - Executive Director

≈ $90k – $214k per year (Estimated) • Head+ • In office (London, United Kingdom) • Principal
Python
AI/ML
Prompt Engineering
RAG
LLM
Machine Learning
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Agile
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Verified live · 20 min ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 84%

Lead Software Engineer - Python / Java & AI

≈ $82k – $165k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Glasgow, United Kingdom) • Staff
JavaScript
SQL
Python
Databases
Firestore
Oracle
DynamoDB
Amazon Aurora
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure SQL Database
AI/ML
Function Calling
Agentic Workflows
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
gRPC
OpenShift
Amazon EKS
Google GKE
Azure AKS
Amazon ECS
Terraform
Rest API
Git
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Agile
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Visa

visa.com
visa.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Payment Processing & Gateways • Cards & Card Issuing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1958 • Trust A • Hiring 632, 79 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Payment Processing & Gateways • Cards & Card Issuing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1958 • Trust A • Hiring 632, 79 new
Visa is an American payments technology company whose network traces back to the BankAmericard programme launched in 1958 and which became an independent public company in 2008. It does not issue cards or lend money; instead it operates VisaNet, the switching infrastructure that authorises, clears and settles hundreds of billions of transactions a year between issuing banks, acquirers and merchants in more than two hundred countries. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company earns fees on payment volume and processed transactions, and has expanded into account-to-account transfers, tokenisation, fraud scoring and open banking through Visa Direct and its value-added services division.
Chris Suh · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Ryan McInerney · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Dee Hock · Founder of the Visa Network · founder
Alfred Kelly · former Chief Executive Officer
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Verified live Visa sponsor 1 day ago Likely open · 63%

Software Engineer - DevSecOps

≈ $75k – $185k per year (Estimated) • In office (Reading, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Claude
Copilot
DevOps
CI/CD
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Software Engineer

≈ $53k – $122k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (Reading, United Kingdom) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
ChatGPT
Claude Code
Copilot
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Sky

sky.com
sky.com • HQ: Isleworth, United Kingdom • MVNO • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Broadcasting • Broadband • Est. 1990 • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 73, 7 new
HQ: Isleworth, United Kingdom • MVNO • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Broadcasting • Broadband • Est. 1990 • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 73, 7 new
Sky is a European media and telecommunications company headquartered at Osterley in west London that sells pay TV, streaming, broadband and mobile services and produces and broadcasts sports, news and entertainment. Founded in 1990 and owned by the US group Comcast since 2018, it operates in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and Germany, runs the Sky Mobile service, and has large customer contact and technology sites in Livingston, Leeds and other cities. It hires retail and contact centre sales advisors, finance analysts, product and project managers, reliability engineers, risk investigators and creative trailer editors.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago Hiring now · 70%

Senior Software Triage Engineer

≈ $86k – $169k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (London, United Kingdom) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
Splunk
Datadog
Wi-Fi
Linux
Management
Agile
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 632CI/CD 494AWS 430Java 378TypeScript 371C++ 320Kubernetes 291Agile 265SQL 259AI Agents 257Azure 226C# 223JavaScript 202Docker 201React.js 198Go 192

Where the roles are

London 982Cambridge 99Manchester 63Bristol 60Edinburgh 58Belfast 42Glasgow 32Oxford 28Cheltenham 21Leeds 17

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

1,640 of the 1,722 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most backend developers?

Modelwise (37), Wise (36), Leonardo (26), JPMorganChase (24), Deliveroo (15).

Which roles count as backend developer jobs?

Every role whose work is the server side of software - backend, API, platform and full stack developers, staff engineers and technical leads - at any employer. A role is filed under a language when its title names one (Java, Python, .NET, Go, Node.js, PHP, C++, Ruby, Rust); a "Software Engineer" that names none is a backend engineer's.

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Source: 1,722 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 24 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0