Remote Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Katkin
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 89K

Job location

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Tech stack

JavaScript
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Automation of Tests
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
Github
PostgreSQL
Node.js
Object-Oriented Software Development
Open Web Application Security
RabbitMQ
Next.js
Software Requirements Analysis
Software Systems
TypeScript
React
Software Security
Cypress
Backend
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Playwright
Codebase
Front End Software Development
NestJS
REST
Terraform
Microservices

Job description

  • Deliver functionality across the entire stack in line with our software requirements
  • Evaluate and implement new technologies to scale and streamline our software pipelines
  • Work closely with our product team and stakeholders to build scalable, fit-for-purpose solutions for serving our customers
  • Share responsibility for the maintenance and quality of codebases and infrastructure

Technologies:

  • API
  • AWS
  • Bazel
  • CI/CD
  • Cypress
  • Frontend
  • GitHub
  • Kubernetes
  • NestJS
  • NextJS
  • OWASP
  • OOP
  • Playwright
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • RabbitMQ
  • React
  • Security
  • Terraform
  • TypeScript
  • Web
  • microservices
  • NodeJS
  • Cloud
  • Backend
  • JavaScript
  • MacBook
  • REST
  • Fullstack

Requirements

  • Good familiarity with RESTful web services
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools, particularly GitHub Actions
  • Strong experience using or deploying into AWS and/or Kubernetes, using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CDK
  • Strong experience working with monorepos and tooling such as NX, Lerna, or Bazel
  • Excellent understanding of TypeScript, React, and Node
  • Mission-driven, high energy, and a natural sense of curiosity and urgency for results
  • A genuine passion for technology and our mission
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership of features end to end, and balancing velocity with technical quality
  • Experience within eCommerce and/or payments
  • Good understanding of OOP and/or functional paradigms
  • Good understanding of software security, OWASP, and scaling software systems
  • Good understanding of NextJS or similar server-focused frontend metaframeworks; bonus points for experience with React server components API
  • Experience with Cypress, Playwright, or other test automation tools and processes
  • Familiarity or interest in observability and metrics tooling
  • You have a cat, or two or three

Benefits & conditions

We are KatKin, a mission-driven cat health and wellbeing company transforming the cat food industry with 100% fresh-cooked premium meat recipes developed by our in-house vets and nutritionists. We are building a global challenger brand in a $50B market, with a vision to expand beyond fresh cat food into products and services that help cat parents manage their cats health, including litter, treats, and digital health management. We are currently a UK D2C business that has expanded into retail and is planning international launches. You will join our close-knit Engineering team in London, working from our Farringdon office 3 days a week, alongside Product, Design, Data, and Engineering to help build a best-in-class digital journey. We use a modern stack including TypeScript, NextJS, NestJS microservices, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ, and we offer a competitive package with hybrid working, generous holiday, work-from-anywhere time, health insurance, development budget, a company pension, and a cat-friendly office.

last updated 27 week of 2026

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