Senior Backend Engineer – Welwyn Garden City

The role involves developing and maintaining scalable backend systems with technologies like Node.js, Typescript, and cloud services. The engineer will translate product requirements into robust software solutions, adhere to best practices in coding, testing, and deployment, and support live systems through incident resolution and root cause analysis. Collaboration with product managers and other engineers is essential to align on design and technical decisions, while knowledge sharing and mentoring foster team growth. The position requires familiarity with microservices, REST and GraphQL APIs, distributed messaging, and caching technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes. Focus on quality, maintainability, and security in software development is paramount, supported by Agile and TDD methodologies.