Job Description

As a valued employee of the British Council, you already help us deliver our mission to support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. For over 90 years we have shaped brighter futures through education, arts, culture, language, and creativity.

You are part of our organisation in over 200 countries and territories and where we are on the ground in more than 100 countries.

We connect. We inspire.

• Job Title: Back End Engineer
• Pay Band – 7
• Closing Date (Time) – 5th April 2026
• Location – Noida
• Contract – Fixed Term Contract 12 months

Purpose of job:

To be part of a global team building and maintaining scalable, reliable backend systems for British Council products. Your role involves designing, developing, and optimizing backend solutions while ensuring performance, security, and stability.

You’ll collaborate in cross-functional agile teams with engineers, product, design, and operations colleagues, contributing to high-quality code and seamless integration with frontend applications. The role emphasizes teamwork, best engineering practices, and supporting user-focused digital services.

Main opportunities/challenges for this role

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:

Product/Programme/Service delivery

• Use agreed specifications to design, code, review, test and document programs or scripts, using the right standards and tools.
• Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to plan development on Backend engineering stories.
• Contribute to the technical design and implementation of scalable and reliable Backend systems to support product/service delivery.
• Ensure timely delivery of Backend engineering projects, adhering to project milestones, quality standards and coding best practice.
• Identify and recommend the adoption of emerging technologies
• Collaborative and contribute to an inclusive team culture, promoting knowledge sharing, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Customers & stakeholders

• Engage with key stakeholders and business partners to understand their Backend engineering needs and provide technical solutions that meet their requirements.

Risk & compliance

• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and data privacy requirements in the design and implementation of Backend solutions.
• Implement and maintain robust monitoring and logging mechanisms to detect and respond to potential security breaches or compliance issues.

Analysis & reporting

• Collaborate with data analysts and business analysts to gather requirements and develop data-driven solutions for Backend systems optimisation.

Qualification : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent experience.

Role specific knowledge and experience

Minimum/Essential:

• Experience in Backend engineering, involved in implementing scalable and high-performance systems.
• Exposure to any of the following programming languages such as .Net, C#, PHP, NodeJS, Python.
• Exposure to cloud services (such as AWS, Azure), and microservices architecture.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modelling, and query optimization.
• Solid knowledge of RESTful APIs, caching systems, and any other Backend technologies.
• Experience of unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge of resource allocation and management.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience of agile development (Scrum/Kanban), software patterns, test and behaviour driven development and version control

Desirable:

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and related technologies.

• Knowledge of with end-to-end testing (e.g., Cypress or Playwright)

• Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Jenkins, Terraform).
• Understanding of frontend technologies (e.g., React, Angular)
• Exposure to event-driven architecture and stream processing frameworks (e.g., Kafka,Apache Flink).
• Understanding of security best practices, authentication, and authorisation protocols (e.g., OAuth, JWT).

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community as we believe that a diverse workforce gives added depth to our work. The British Council is a Disability Confident Employer. The Disability Confident scheme helps challenge attitudes, increase understanding of disability and ensure staff are drawn from the widest possible pool of talent. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

Safeguarding Statement

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with. We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989. Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

If you experience any difficulties with submitting your application, please email askhr@britishcouncil.org