Senior/Lead Backend Engineer

Senior/Lead Backend Engineer

Hybrid

£85000-£130000

If you're a backend engineer who wants more ownership, more autonomy, and work that actually matters, this one's worth a look.

I'm hiring for a fast-growing tech company rebuilding a core platform used by hundreds of thousands of customers.

Small team. Big impact. Real engineering challenges.

The role

You'll work across the backend platform powering key customer-facing experiences.

You will:

Design and build scalable backend services in Node.js + TypeScript

Own systems end-to-end (architecture → deployment → monitoring)

Develop APIs and platform components used across multiple products

Solve performance, reliability and observability challenges

Ship iteratively with product + design

Improve engineering quality and share knowledge

If you enjoy autonomy and seeing your work hit production quickly, you'll love this environment.

What you'll bring

5+ years of backend engineering experience

Strong with Node.js, TypeScript, and API design

A real interest in product engineering

Experience building production systems at scale

Good architectural judgement

Comfortable in fast-moving, high-ownership teams

Nice to have: PostgreSQL, event-driven systems, auth, microservices, observability, CI/CD.

Why this is a great move

High ownership from day one

Real product impact

Well-funded, fast-growing tech company

Smart, low-ego engineering team

Work on meaningful problems — not endless tickets

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Expect:

Clear insights

Honest prep

Quick feedback

Support through every stage

Interested?

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