Lead Back End Engineer

We’re looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to take ownership of backend engineering and help shape the technical future of a fast-scaling SaaS business. You’ll set the vision, guide architecture, and raise engineering standards, while still staying hands-on with critical systems. This is your chance to make a real impact across strategy, scalability, and delivery.

Some of the responsibilities:

• Define and evolve backend architecture to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance.

• Set coding standards and champion secure development practices (e.g. OWASP).

• Influence technology choices, frameworks, and tools to support engineering excellence.

• Oversee improvements to CI/CD pipelines, build processes, and operational workflows.

• Clearly and confidently articulate technical risks to non-technical stakeholders.

• Lead projects and features to successful outcomes, balancing technical debt, system design, and business needs.

• Contribute to key backend systems when your expertise is needed.

• Review and refine critical code, ensuring architectural alignment.

• Provide technical oversight for major initiatives.

• Coach and mentor engineers, raising capability across the backend discipline.

• Facilitate design discussions, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving sessions.

• Build consensus for architectural and technical decisions across teams.

• Identify and resolve technical debt.

• Introduce new backend technologies and approaches that improve reliability and delivery speed.

• Promote engineering practices that support scalability, security, and maintainability.

• Stay up to date with technology trends and contribute to engineering strategy.

• Share knowledge through presentations, workshops, and forums.

• Support recruitment by assessing candidates and promoting a strong engineering culture.

• Ensure backend systems comply with standards such as ISO27001 and PCI.

Some of the requirements:

• Strong backend engineering experience, ideally with Java (11+) and Spring Boot.

• Proven ability to design and lead backend architectures for complex systems.

• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka.

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed system design.

• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern deployment practices.

• Skilled mentor with the ability to influence technical direction across teams.

• Strong problem-solving skills, balancing technical, product, and delivery considerations.

• Comfortable in agile environments using Git-based SCM and tools like Jira or Redmine.

• Awareness of compliance frameworks such as ISO27001 and PCI.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity and apply today!

Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE12 8BX

Salary:
75000 - 85000

Sector: Back End

Type:
Permanent

Posted:
08/29/2025