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Backend Engineer

Gold Group • London, UK

Salary

£50k – £100k

Posted

3 September 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Gold Group is hiring a Backend Engineer in London, a full-time it role. The advertised salary is £50k – £100k. Gold Group holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Salary: £50,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements: Commercial experience with Java Commercial experience with Kotlin Strong experience building applications with Spring Boot Previous experience working in a startup, scale-up, founding team, or stealth startup environment Must already have the unrestricted right to work in the UK and not require current or future visa sponsorship Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs Build scalable applications using Java, Kotli…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Gold Group — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £50k – £100k
How this salary compares: about 60% above the £62,524 median across 1,636 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: London, UK · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 450 other live it roles in London — browse them
Posted: 3 September 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

IT and technology roles are one of the most consistently sponsored categories in the UK. Software engineers, data scientists, cloud architects, DevOps specialists, and cybersecurity professionals are in demand across finance, retail, the public sector, and specialist tech firms. Many large IT employers maintain established sponsorship processes through their HR and talent teams.