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# Senior Backend Developer Node.js TypeScript

- **Company:** gb
Client Server
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Node.Js, NoSQL, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker, User Administration, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** August 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-developer-typescript/client-server-job107860648

## About the Role

* You have strong backend software engineering experience with Node.js and TypeScript
 * You have experience with Kafka and Event Driven Architectures
 * You have a good knowledge of microservices, RESTful APIs and scalable system architecture
 * You have experience of working with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB)
 * You have a strong appreciation of DevOps, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
 * You're familiar with containerisation (Docker), cloud services (AWS), and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
 * You're comfortable taking ownership of projects, working with the Lead Engineer and mentoring more junior team members
 * You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills

## Description

As a Senior Backend Developer you'll join the team as they scale the product to support millions of users. You'll design and deliver high-quality, maintainable backend code and features using TypeScript and Node.js that is aligned with established codebase architectural standards and covered by tests as well as supporting backend system performance and reliability, helping to maintain 99% uptime SLA., You'll design, implement and extend robust APIs and microservices supporting gameplay, user management, platform and content management systems, collaborating with product and game teams to ensure alignment of features with backend architecture and with DevOps to ensure uptime, observability and deployment reliability.


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