IT & Software

Backend Developer

Ronald James

Newcastle Upon Tyne · Tyne And Wear · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you own the backend platform domain within a cloud-native environment. You shape technical direction, design scalable services, and drive reliability across the team. You will mentor engineers, enforce engineering standards, and influence architecture for long-term platform health. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines coding, design, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver impact at scale.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the technical direction and architecture of backend platform services
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable services using Go and TypeScript
  • Work with AWS infrastructure (Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora)
  • Make pragmatic architectural decisions balancing scalability, delivery speed, and maintainability
  • Drive engineering quality through code reviews, testing standards, and best practices
  • Mentor backend engineers and raise the team's technical capability
  • Collaborate with Product, Engineering Managers, and other technical leads
  • Identify and manage technical debt while improving platform performance and reliability
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement
Key requirements
  • Strong commercial experience building backend systems with Go
  • Experience using TypeScript within backend environments (Node.js, tooling, shared services)
  • Solid experience working within AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of scalable system design and backend architecture
  • Previous experience in technical leadership or senior engineering capacity
  • Passion for mentoring developers and driving engineering standards
  • Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Comfortable working within agile, product-led teams
  • mentoring
  • communication
  • collaboration
  • Go backend development
  • TypeScript backend (Node.js)
  • AWS cloud infrastructure (Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora)

Reference: WJ-747_30140593

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