Back End Developer

Christopher Ali are looking for a experienced Backend Engineer to join a fast growing UK technology business. You’ll build and run the cloud platform behind a large estate of connected hardware that is used every day. You’ll have real ownership across design, build, monitoring and support, in a team that sits at the centre of the company’s growth plans.

What you’ll be doing

• Building scalable, well-tested backend services, mainly in TypeScript, with some infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
• Designing, delivering and supporting cloud-native services on AWS
• Coaching and supporting less experienced engineers
• Investigating and resolving production issues and defects
• Working closely with colleagues across hardware, embedded, customer support and operations
• Helping shape a strong testing culture across the whole stack

Experience Needed

• Deep commercial experience with TypeScript on the backend
• Solid hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS) and IaC
• Comfortable with Git and modern CI/CD tooling
• Experience with automated testing tools such as Jest or Vitest
• Agile experience (Scrum and/or Kanban)
• Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL data stores (e.g. Postgres, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Exposure to Python/Rust/React desirable
• IoT or energy experience
• Strong debugging skills, including at the network level
• Clear communicator who works well both independently and in a distributed team