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Backend Engineer Jobs in Remote (UK)

Remote-only UK roles consolidated significantly post-2022 as many "remote" jobs reclassified to hybrid. The genuinely remote-by-default pool is dominated by venture-backed startups (Buffer, GitLab, Automattic) and a smaller set of UK scale-ups (Monzo selectively, GoCardless for some teams).

Backend listings in the UK skew towards Python, Go, Java and Node — with fintech (Monzo, Wise, Revolut) and SaaS (Stripe, GoCardless, Snyk) competing hardest for senior talent. Distributed-systems experience commands a 15–25% premium. We surface roles that actually match your stack, not just the keyword "backend".

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Remote
Remote-UK&I
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-Southern Europe
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-Western Europe
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-Northern Europe
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-Eastern Europe
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-EMEA
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-Iberia
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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Remote-LATAM
Full-time
Remote
5 days ago

About Remote Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it pos…

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PostHog
Remote (EMEA)
Full-time
Remote
9 days ago

ABOUT POSTHOG We're shipping every product that companies need https://posthog.com/handbook/why-does-posthog-exist to run their business fr…

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