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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Backend Engineer (Nodejs) - **Company:** Unitalent Consultancy OÜ - **Location:** Greater London, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon DynamoDB, Fault Tolerance, HP Systems Insight Manager, Node.Js, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, Software Distribution, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology, Low Latency, Production Code, Graphql, Functional Programming, Api Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Serverless Computing - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840575981-sr-backend-engineer-nodejs ## About the Role * Are a highly experienced senior engineer with 10+ years of software development experience Must * Have experience building and supporting distributed & scalable fault tolerant systems running on AWS - Must * Have lots of commercial experience working with AWS services like - API gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS etc. * Have Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant field. * Have core software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable,testable and robust code * Have experience designing and implementing clean APIs following REST or GraphQLconcepts for integration of user-facing elements developed by app developerswith server side logic * Have experience in taking product requirements and building scalable, reliablesolutions * Have commercial experience of tracking the health of your deployed services, identify and fix problems proactively. * Good written and verbal communication skills in English. * Have experience with AWS Serverless services. * Have experience with low-latency, high-availability, and performant GraphQL API. * Have experience designing and building event driven architectures. * Have experience with system and application monitoring, software distribution, patchingand maintenance of CI/CD pipelines. 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