Senior Node.js Engineer
IO Associates · Southwark, England ·
Senior Backend Developer | Node.js, TypeScript & AWS Location: UK/Remote Package: £75,000 base salary + 10% cash benefit, 10% pension, bonuses. The Opportunity We're working with an established, product-led technology business looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join its engineering team.
This is an opportunity for an experienced Back End engineer to take ownership of key product features, contribute to technical decisions and help build and maintain scalable, reliable software. You'll work closely with engineering colleagues, product stakeholders and designers to turn requirements into high-quality solutions that deliver genuine value to users.
The successful candidate will bring strong hands-on experience with Node.js, TypeScript and AWS, alongside a passion for clean code, sound engineering practices and continuous improvement. The Role As a Senior Backend Developer, you'll play an important role throughout the software development life cycle, from initial design and planning through to implementation, testing, deployment and ongoing optimisation.
Your responsibilities will include
Designing, developing and maintaining robust Back End services and APIs. Taking ownership of features from initial concept through to production release and ongoing support. Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code in line with established engineering standards.
Contributing to technical discussions, solution design and architectural decisions. Improving automated testing, deployment pipelines and development processes. Monitoring, maintaining and optimising existing services to ensure reliability and performance.
Collaborating with product managers, designers and technical leads to plan and deliver roadmap objectives. Supporting and mentoring other engineers, sharing knowledge and encouraging best practice. Participating in code reviews and helping maintain consistent standards across the engineering team.
Working within an Agile environment, adapting to changing priorities while keeping delivery quality high. Technical Skills & Experience We're looking for someone with strong Back End engineering experience and a solid understanding of modern software...