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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Backend Engineer - **Company:** Fresha - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £70,000.0 - £110,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Artificial Intelligence, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Software Debugging, Github, Backend, Serverless Computing, Microservices - **Published:** September 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5878315116 ## About the Role * We have deep experience building and interacting with AI agents, using them to amplify output and integrate them into workflows while adhering to architecture and security standards. ## Description * We take full accountability for ensuring generated code meets the quality expectations of a Senior Engineer. * We have consistently delivered large systems involving one or more teams contributions on time and at a high level of quality. * We can break down complex problems into knowns, unknowns, and potential solutions to reach solid resolutions quickly. * We are capable of debugging the most difficult problems the team encounters. * We have played a key role in developing multi-year technology strategy for critical areas of the business across multiple systems and teams. * We have created architectures that enable many possible futures without knowing exactly what the future will be. * We can build strong relationships across the business and influence upwards effectively. * We have listened to and guided debates to help reach consensus, and can clearly communicate decisions back once made. * We can set short- to medium-term strategic technical direction, look ahead 6-12 months, and create improvement plans. * We are seen as role models and mentors to technical team members. * We are prolific contributors to core and side projects. * We consistently reduce complexity in projects, services, and processes to achieve more with less work. * We have shaped broad architecture and shipped multiple large services, complex libraries, or major infrastructure components. * We have made a clear positive impact on an entire companys technical trajectory. * We are self-starters, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment. Responsibilities: * We provide hands-on technical leadership in a heavily technical, non-management role. * We own and deliver cross-team and cross-tribe technical initiatives. * We take ownership of architecture for a tribe. * We anticipate technical issues at the product level and make architectural and design decisions to avoid them. * We create improvements in stability, performance, and scalability across major business-critical systems. * We ensure timely delivery of team projects that contribute to Freshas success. * We lead by example and ensure the team follows our engineering practices. * We work closely with Product, Design, Data, and QA to keep goals clear and deliver value regularly. * We facilitate continuous learning and improvement within the team. * We ensure the systems we own meet our quality, reliability, and scalability standards. * We anticipate broad technical changes and help keep us ahead of the curve. * We make system-level trade-offs and clearly articulate scaling and reliability limits. * We act as a multiplier by building systems, authoring tools, or introducing policies and patterns that raise productivity across the organisation. * We communicate externally through talks and blog posts, and internally help drive consensus on major technology directions. 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