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

Senior 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)