Backend Engineer (AI)

Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom; remote and hybrid workplace options

Company

hirify.global helps organisations navigate technology change through consulting, emerging technology, AI, and capability building.

What you will do

• Design and build scalable, resilient, and maintainable backend systems, including REST and GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, and distributed services.
• Work hands-on with Azure and cloud-native patterns, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern deployment practices.
• Contribute across the stack when needed, including frontend codebases, while focusing primarily on backend and systems engineering.
• Shape architectural direction, review designs, apply engineering good practice, and explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Apply emerging AI patterns and tooling pragmatically, distinguishing appropriate AI use cases from traditional algorithmic approaches.
• Support consulting delivery through solution discovery, client collaboration, and trusted technical partnership.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on backend engineering experience with depth in one or more of Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, or Go, with the ability to work across multiple languages.
• Proven ability to design and build scalable, resilient, and maintainable backend systems, REST/GraphQL APIs, event-driven architectures, and distributed services.
• Hands-on Azure experience and understanding of cloud-native patterns.
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and modern deployment practices.
• Ability to contribute to frontend codebases when required.
• Ability to shape architecture, review designs, take ownership of technical problems, make pragmatic decisions, and communicate reasoning clearly.
• Curiosity about emerging AI patterns, frameworks, and tooling, with the ability to apply them in line with client needs.
• Consulting or client-facing experience, including work in ambiguous problem spaces, solution discovery, delivery, and adaptation of communication to context.
• High-quality, collaborative, adaptable, outcome-focused approach with strong communication, knowledge sharing, and low-ego teamwork.

Nice to have

• Exposure to GCP, AWS, or other cloud platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days of bookable holiday plus flexible Bank Holidays.
• hirify.global pays 6% of salary into the pension, with a further 2% paid by the employee and the option to increase contributions.
• Aviva healthcare cover, including pre-existing condition cover, life assurance, income protection, eye tests, and a first pair of glasses.
• £1000 Flexibenefit allowance for selecting or upgrading benefits, with unused allowance available as cash.
• Enhanced maternity and partner/paternity leave.
• Regional Clubs of no more than 80 people and Practice Areas supporting collaboration, learning, inclusion, and professional growth.

Hiring process

• Application and interview submissions must accurately and truthfully represent personal achievements and capabilities; inappropriate use of AI may lead to rejection.
• Adjustments for the application or interview process can be requested from the recruitment team.