Full job descriptionSenior Software Engineer

Our client. a fast-growing technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help architect and build a next-generation real-time platform from the ground up.
Working closely with a small senior engineering team, you will design and deliver scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure and distributed architectures capable of supporting high-concurrency real-time experiences.
This is a hands-on role with significant influence over technical direction, infrastructure design and platform foundations.


Key Responsibilities

*Design and build scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure
*Architect event-driven and distributed systems on AWS
*Develop APIs, microservices and internal tooling
*Improve reliability, observability and developer workflows
*Conduct load testing and performance optimisation
*Contribute to frontend applications where required


About You

You are a senior engineer with deep backend and cloud experience gained from operating production systems at scale.


Key Skills & Experience

*Strong Node.js and TypeScript expertise
*Deep AWS knowledge across networking, IAM, compute and distributed systems
*Experience with event-driven architectures and high-concurrency systems
*Infrastructure as Code experience (Pulumi, Terraform or similar)
*Strong understanding of databases, caching and performance optimisation
*Experience with observability, monitoring and alerting
*Comfortable working across the stack when required
*Strong Linux, Docker and Git knowledge


Not the Right Fit If

*Your experience is primarily frontend-focused
*You have limited hands-on AWS architecture experience
*You prefer highly structured environments and predefined processes


Benefits:

*Flexible working
*Excellent Career Progression
*Healthcare


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Senior Software Engineer (Node.js / TypeScript / AWS)