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    Back-end Engineer (contract)

    Technology
    Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
    London
    Contract
    Competitive
    Hybrid

    Job Description

    Back-end Engineer (contract) Opus have partnered with an cutting-edge AI focused HealthTech start-up with a mission-driven culture and ethical AI approach. The successful candidate will be making a real impact to patient care outcomes. Contract Specifics: Rate: £400 per day, Outside IR35 Duration: 3 months Start date: ASAP, Immediate starter Working Patterns: Full-time, 1 day p/w in London-offices. Essential:

    • Confident working across data infrastructure, distributed systems, APIS and AI-services

    • Proven experience in building/designing scalable backend services

    • Strong experience building and maintaining APIs (REST, GraphQL and/or gRPC).

    • Knowledge of Docker and AWS (ideally in a recent project)

    • Essential - must have strong coding skills in Python, Typescript, Node and SQL.

    Nice to have :

    • Docker, ECS, Kubernetes or similar container platform experience

    • Familiarity with Django frameworks and IaC (e.g. Terraform)

    • Experience with the deploying and operating ML or AI systems in production.

    Please reach out to Adam Akhtar at Opus ASAP for more information.

    Posted on August 12, 2026

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