Senior Backend Engineer

More than 300 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centres in four regions. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Edwards Apps has an opening for a Senior Backend Engineer. We want someone who writes boring, reliable code and leaves good logs behind. Our headquarters is in Sheffield, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. We hire in Uruguay through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. You will need to be available during UK office hours, at least until 3:00 PM GMT. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Model data and write migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL or DynamoDB.
• Tune slow queries, add indexes and read query plans.
• Implement background jobs and event consumers using Kafka, SQS or RabbitMQ.
• Containerize services with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes or ECS.
• Secure endpoints with OAuth 2.0, JWT validation and proper input checks.
• Coordinate with frontend and mobile engineers on API contracts and versioning.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of backend development experience in a production environment.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience designing and versioning HTTP APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure services.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Background with high-volume payment or ledger systems.
• Kubernetes, including Helm charts.
• NoSQL stores such as MongoDB, Cassandra or DynamoDB.

Salary range: UYU 240,000 - UYU 320,000 monthly

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Annual salary review.
• 24 days paid time off.
• Company laptop.
• Annual team retreat.
• Paid sick days.
• Co-working space stipend.
• Flexible hours.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Uruguay.

We may close this posting early once we have enough applications.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Edwards Apps.