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Backend Engineer | Profitable Startup | Visa Sponsor


Company : Jelly


Location : London, England


Created : 2025-07-28


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Backend Engineer | Profitable Startup | Visa SponsorBackend Engineer | Profitable Startup | Visa SponsorGet AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Profitable | Tier-1 Venture-backed | 0.5–2 % equity | £70-90k | UK visa sponsor | Build core product used by 500+ independent businesses The Role At Jelly, we build the operating system for restaurants of the future. Your goal is to help automate the legacy industry and reduce manual labour to zero. This isn’t a role for someone looking to coast. You’ll have ownership, visibility, and influence across the company. Expect shipping and demoing to real users every sprint. Why Join Now Jelly is profitable but product demand outpaces delivery. Come help us move faster, raise the bar, and shape how we build. You’ll Work With You might be a fit if * You turn big, messy problems into a working demo within two weeks. * You jump in to unblock a teammate instead of letting them spin. * You look out for new tools and share what works. * You leave both code and process cleaner than you found them. * You’re looking for a long-term home where shipping fast and building well both matter. What You’ll Get * Real ownership from day one * £70–90k depending on experience * Significant equity (0.5–2%) and long‑term career upside * A culture that values engineers, with protected ‘Engineer-Owned-Sprint’ for tech-debt * 1-on-1 with founder; visibility and influence across the company. * 33 days holiday, London office (Old Street), Visa sponsorship available * Fortnightly team dinners at customer restaurants * 4+ years of TypeScript and NodeJS * 4+ years experience shipping and maintaining production-level software * Strong experience with containerised and serverless infrastructure * Expertise in relational databases * GraphQL: built and consumed APIs at scale * Latest tooling: we use AI and computer vision to speed up internal data workflows * Ownership mindset: scope, build, test, and ship without hand-holding * Agile instincts: comfortable iterating fast and making smart tradeoffs * Testing culture: experience writing effective, maintainable automated tests Stage 1: Quick intro call with founder (15min) Stage 2: Technical interview (2 hours) on a real problem Stage 3: Conversation with team + founder (2hrs) Apply here or DM me (JJ) on WhatsApp +447855553652 with a real data or system tradeoff you’ve made under pressure and what you’d do differently now. Seniority levelSeniority level Mid-Senior level Employment typeEmployment type Full-time Industries Technology, Information and Internet Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Jelly by 2x Get notified about new Back End Developer jobs inLondon Area, United Kingdom . London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago London, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago Newsroom Front-End Developer (12 Month FTC/Secondment)Isleworth, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago London, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago London, England, United Kingdom 3 months ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 year ago London, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago London, England, United Kingdom $140,000.00-$180,000.00 4 weeks ago Graduate Software Engineer 2025 - RegTechLondon, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 2 days ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 8 months ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago London, England, United Kingdom 5 months ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago Graduate Software Engineer 2025 - RegTechLondon, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago London, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.#J-18808-Ljbffr