R&D Full-stack Developer (Backend orientation) Norwich

Hybrid role (3+ days based at our Norwich office).

Artlist is a leading creative technology company on a mission to empower creators and brands to bring their vision to life with video. Offering cutting-edge AI tools and models for image, video, and voiceover creation, alongside high-quality creative assets and powerful editing tools, Artlist enables creators to stay on trend and achieve their creative goals. Trusted by over 30 million creators worldwide and top brands including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Versace, Artlist provides a seamless, subscription-based platform with a global license, giving creators everything they need to produce professional video content efficiently.

Artlist is looking for an exceptional senior Full-Stack Developer to join our R&D team. This is a foundational role where you will be instrumental in building the shared systems, frameworks, and tooling that power every product across the company.

If you are passionate about tackling complex technical challenges, shaping internal architecture, and scaling robust engineering best practices across multiple product teams, we would love to hear from you.

• Build the Foundation: Design, develop, and deploy the core platform infrastructure that internal teams rely on—ranging from shared backend services, resilient APIs, and internal developer tools, to critical performance optimisations.
• Engineer for Scale and Reliability: Work across the modern full-stack, focusing on the backend while contributing all across the board, ensuring our systems are performant, consistent, and flexible.
• Drive Technical Excellence: Partner with architects, product managers, and other developers across the organisation to define technical standards, champion best practices, and guide critical decisions.
• Mentor and Lead: Take ownership of complex features, lead by example, and help elevate the overall quality and maintainability of code across the platform through constructive collaboration and mentorship.
• Deliver Real Impact: Your work will directly enhance developer velocity, boost code quality, and significantly improve the user experience for millions of creators globally.

• Strong professional experience in software development, with a strong focus on backend systems.
• Proven hands-on experience with Node.js in a high-volume, production environment.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining shared platform systems (e.g., internal APIs, microservices, developer tooling, or infrastructure-as-code initiatives).
• Strong understanding of application architecture, distributed systems, performance optimisation, and scalability principles in a cloud environment.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) for deploying, monitoring, and scaling backend services.
• A firm grasp of database technologies (SQL and/or NoSQL), including schema design, query optimisation, and ensuring data integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects independently, collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams, and mentor junior colleagues.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, robust testing strategies, and a security-first approach to development.
• A passion for delivering clean code, improving the developer experience, and empowering teams with better tooling.