Details:
- Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Manchester
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
Senior Software Engineer
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.
Key Responsibilities
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
About You
You are a senior engineer with deep backend and cloud experience gained from operating production systems at scale.
Key Skills & Experience
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:
Flexible working
Excellent Career Progression
Healthcare
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Senior Software Engineer (Node.js / TypeScript / AWS)