Lead Backend Engineer / Developer (Node.js Postgres AWS) London / WFH to £100k
Salary: GBP 90,000 - GBP 100,000 per annum + benefits
Would you like to join a scale‑up technology company in an influential role where you can take ownership and see the business impact of what you do?
You could be progressing your career as a Lead Backend Engineer, working on complex systems for the core product, a financial operating system for live events which reduces queue times for customers and maximises revenue for vendors.
What you’ll do:
- Lead sprint planning and delivery, ensuring predictable, high-quality output
- Set and enforce engineering standards and Definition of Done across all work
- Act as technical lead; design solutions, review code and drive best practices
- Own CI/CD quality gates, testing strategy and codebase improvements
- Take responsibility for production reliability, monitoring and incident response
- Drive post-release validation and continuous improvement
- Coach and mentor engineers, supporting growth and performance
- Lead technical hiring and identify skill gaps within the team
- Ensure secure coding practices and compliance across all deliverables
Location / WFH:
Initially (first 6 months) you’ll be expected to join the team in the London office 3-4 days a week so you can get a full understanding of the product and the team, following this there’s lots of flexibility including the ability to work abroad for part of the year.
About you:
- You have a strong hands‑on, backend engineering background with leadership experience
- You have expertise with Node.js combined with strong PostgreSQL database skills
- You have experience of owning delivery end‑to‑end in Agile environments
- You have a passion for code quality, reliability and team development
- You have experience of working with cloud platforms, CI/CD and modern architectures
- You have a strong appreciation of security best practices
What’s in it for you:
- Salary to £100k
- Pension
- Influential role with great career progression as the company scales
- Potential equity
