Back-End Engineering

your Jared; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EMI share options

Healthcare

Pension

Home-office budget

Job summary

Ocho People are partnering with a scaling cloud-native consultancy to hire a Senior Backend Engineer. You will design, build, and deliver scalable APIs and backend services powering enterprise digital platforms.

Join a highly collaborative engineering team with exposure to modern architectures, cloud deployments, and cross-functional collaboration with frontend, cloud specialists, and delivery teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering.
• Proven Node.js and TypeScript expertise.
• Experience building scalable RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Cloud platforms experience: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable Node.js/TypeScript backend services.
• Build RESTful and GraphQL APIs across cloud-native environments.
• Contribute to distributed systems architecture and decisions.
• Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD and cloud deployments.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews.
• Drive software quality, maintainability and performance.
• Support delivery across AWS and Azure environments.

Skills

Backend engineering

Node.js

TypeScript

APIs

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer | Node.js / TypeScript | Remote First

• Build scalable cloud-native platforms using Node.js and TypeScript


• Work across modern APIs, microservices, and distributed systems


• Remote-first with Belfast & London hubs


• Salary up to £75k + strong benefits package


• Exclusive opportunity through Ocho People

The Company

Ocho People are partnered with a scaling cloud-native consultancy delivering modern engineering and digital platform solutions for enterprise clients globally.

Their engineering teams work across large-scale digital experiences, composable commerce platforms, and cloud-native systems using modern technologies and delivery practices.

The Role

This is a Senior Backend Engineering role within a highly collaborative cloud-native engineering team. You'll help design, build, and deliver scalable APIs and backend services powering modern enterprise digital platforms.

You'll work closely with frontend engineers, cloud specialists, designers, and delivery teams while contributing to architecture discussions, engineering quality, and technical best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable Node.js and TypeScript backend services


• Build RESTful and GraphQL APIs across cloud-native environments


• Contribute to distributed systems architecture and engineering decisions


• Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD and cloud deployments


• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to code reviews


• Drive software quality, maintainability, and performance improvements


• Support delivery across modern AWS and Azure environments

What You'll Need

Essential

• 5+ years' commercial backend engineering experience


• Strong Node.js and TypeScript experience


• Experience building scalable APIs and microservices


• Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP


• Strong understanding of cloud-native engineering principles

Nice to Have

• Event-driven architecture experience


• Terraform or Infrastructure-as-Code exposure


• Experience with enterprise integrations or composable commerce platforms

Why Apply?

• Modern engineering culture with strong technical leadership


• Remote-first working with excellent flexibility


• Interesting large-scale cloud-native engineering projects


• Strong progression opportunities and training support
  
• EMI share options, healthcare, pension, and home-office budget