Backend Engineer Jobs in United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is one of Europe's biggest and most diverse job markets, anchored by London and strong regional economies in Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and beyond. Hiring spans finance, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, and the public sector. Browse jobs across the United Kingdom from companies hiring nationwide.
Back-end engineers build the APIs, databases and services that power applications behind the scenes. Explore back-end engineer jobs from companies hiring worldwide.
Total jobs
179
positions indexed
New today
6
last 24 hours
Companies
98
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere
How many Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are there right now?
There are 179 open Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom on JobsRadar right now, from 98 companies hiring directly. 47 of them disclose pay, with a median of $140,558 a year and most offers between $110,434 and $166,722. 6 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on September 2, 2026 at 09:39 UTC.
Backend Engineer salary range in United Kingdom
$110.4k
25th
$140.6k
Median
$166.7k
75th
$82.9k
$241.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $71.5k – $400k · outliers off-axis
Based on 47 disclosed live listings
Updated Sep 1, 2026 from live listings
Senior Backend Engineer — Distributed Systems (Streaming Platform)
Roku
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Backend Engineer
Octoenergy
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13h ago
Staff Backend Engineer
Gradient Labs
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17h ago
Backend Engineer
Lightning AI
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19h ago
Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Full or Part Time
Autotrader
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20h ago
Principal Software Engineer, Backend - Full or Part Time
Autotrader
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20h ago
Senior Backend Engineer
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Cloud Monetization Platform)
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Developer (Token Factory)
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer
Nebius
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1d ago
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Observability)
Nebius
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1d ago
Staff Backend Engineer / Tech Lead Manager
Nebius
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1d ago
Mid-level Backend Engineer-2026
Suade
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Engineering: AI Coding
GitLab
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Deployment Environments
GitLab
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Engineering: Chat
GitLab
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1d ago
Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience
GitLab
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1d ago
Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails/AI), Verify
GitLab
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Catalog: External Agents
GitLab
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly
GitLab
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Engineering: DAP Repository Flows
GitLab
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1d ago
Senior Backend Engineer, UK
GitLab
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1d ago
Frequently asked questions
- How many Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are open right now?
- 179 Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom are open across 98 companies, as of September 2, 2026.
- What do Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom pay?
- Across the 47 Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom that disclose pay, the median is $140,558 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $110,434 and $166,722.
- Which companies are hiring Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom?
- Roku, Octoenergy, Gradient Labs, Lightning AI and Autotrader are among the 98 companies currently hiring Backend Engineer jobs in United Kingdom.
- How current are these listings?
- Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on September 2, 2026 at 09:39 UTC.