
Lead Backend Software Developer (Typescript)
Lead Backend Software Developer (Typescript)
Hybrid: 2 days a week in London
We are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our small, high-impact software team, reporting directly to the CTO.
You will take the lead in building and scaling a robust event-driven backend infrastructure in AWS, while also contributing across architecture, performance, and DevOps practices.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and build scalable backend services and APIs using TypeScript on a modern serverless AWS stack
Lead improvements in performance, reliability, and code quality
Improve and maintain CI CD pipelines, test automation, and internal tooling
Collaborate across teams — including support for Machine Learning workloads and Data Engineering
Contribute to architecture discussions, technical documentation, and internal best practices
Key skills: TypeScript, AWS Lambda, Kinesis, EventBridge, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Python (for ML), JIRA, Confluence
Key skills:
Five years’ experience in backend engineering
Advanced skills in TypeScript and modern AWS (especially Lambda, Kinesis, EventBridge)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CDK2 preferred)
Strong attention to detail and ability to work autonomously
Comfortable writing clean tickets and documentation
Experience with Python and data streaming
Working knowledge of Agile tools like JIRA and Confluence
- Start: ASAP
- Duration: Permanent
- Rate: 85000-95000 Per Annum Full Package
- Location: Central London, England
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Engineering
- Recruiter: Engineering Employment
- Tel: 0845 4677 461
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: LeadBackSoft09
- Posted: 2025-07-15 15:01:15 -
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