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# Back End Engineer

- **Company:** Voy
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Software Design Patterns, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Application Frameworks, Cloud Platform System, Performance Testing, Search Engines, Data Management
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9d6f29a5ef42dc5c

## About the Role

Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and enjoy finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs

 * You are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world
 * You have strong ownership mindset - "you build it, you run it"
 * You're eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone
 * The idea of working in a successful, high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you, * Experience building web backends in Node.js/Typescript or a willingness to learn on the job
 * Familiarity with scalable cloud architectures, design patterns and best practices
 * Practical experience with CI/CD and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code)
 * Experience with databases & data management practices - relational databases & search engines
 * Experience with TDD and testable code - unit / integration / performance testing
 * Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates
 * Ability to zoom in and out - be comfortable with getting into the relevant low-level details while also making the optimal tradeoffs for achieving the "big picture" goals
 * This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in the office

Experience you may have

 * A degree in CS or equivalent is a plus
 * Practical experience with building scalable & highly reliable cloud systems that support product used by millions of users around the world 24/7
 * Familiarity with modern JS frameworks
 * Experience working in cross functional teams
 * An eye for user behaviour and design and attention to detail

## Description

* Develop core functionality for our own customer-facing and internal products, systems and data platforms, and e-commerce capabilities using modern frameworks
 * Develop extensible platforms and architectures that make it possible to quickly and efficiently launch new products and lines of business
 * Develop and maintain integrations with third-party systems
 * Develop the APIs powering the web & mobile platforms for our product portfolio

Drive impact in a team environment

 * You'll work with other software engineers, designers, QAs, product managers, business stakeholders and domain experts
 * You'll drive impact and own your work end-to-end - from scoping & planning, architectural design decisions, implementation and testing, to production deployment and operations.


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