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Our client. a fast-growing technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help architect and build a next-generation real-time platform from the ground up. Working closely with a small senior engineering team, you will design and deliver scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure and distributed architectures capable of supporting high-concurrency real-time experiences. This is a hands-on role with significant influence over technical direction, infrastructure design and platform foundations., * Design and build scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure
- Architect event-driven and distributed systems on AWS
- Develop APIs, microservices and internal tooling
- Improve reliability, observability and developer workflows
- Conduct load testing and performance optimisation
- Contribute to frontend applications where required
Requirements
You are a senior engineer with deep backend and cloud experience gained from operating production systems at scale., * Strong Node.js and TypeScript expertise
- Deep AWS knowledge across networking, IAM, compute and distributed systems
- Experience with event-driven architectures and high-concurrency systems
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Pulumi, Terraform or similar)
- Strong understanding of databases, caching and performance optimisation
- Experience with observability, monitoring and alerting
- Comfortable working across the stack when required
- Strong Linux, Docker and Git knowledge
Not the Right Fit If
- Your experience is primarily frontend-focused
- You have limited hands-on AWS architecture experience
- You prefer highly structured environments and predefined processes
Benefits & conditions
- Flexible working
- Excellent Career Progression
- Healthcare
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