Backend Engineer at Gener8

Department: Engineering

Setup: Hybrid
Location: London, England
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Jul 28, 2026

Description

Gener8 is hiring an experienced Backend Engineer to build, improve, and optimize data APIs, data feeds, mobile-backend endpoints, and cloud infrastructure. The role involves developing new features, fixing bugs, writing automated tests, monitoring infrastructure, planning upgrades, and collaborating with product and engineering teams. The technology stack includes Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, RESTful and gRPC APIs, Kubernetes, and GCP, with a work-from-home arrangement of three days per week.

Required Skills

Go
PostgreSQL
Redis
RESTful APIs
gRPC APIs
Kubernetes
Docker
Event-driven systems
Automated monitoring

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of commercial experience building systems with Go
Experience writing RESTful APIs in production environments
Experience using SQL for data persistence
Experience documenting APIs with Swagger or OpenAPI
Experience working with event-driven systems
Experience building cloud-native solutions
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
Preferred Qualifications: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills

Benefits & perks

🚀 Part of a fast growing company where you will have real responsibility and autonomy
📈 Competitive Salary + share options, so that you have a slice of the company and share in our success
🏡 WFH 3 days per week
🏝️ 32 days of holiday
💻 Your choice of computer hardware
💰 Annual training and conference budget
⛳️ Regular team days out