Backend Engineer - AWS, TypeScript, Serverless

Methods Business and Digital Technology; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LinkedIn Learning access

Wellness programme

Breakfast Tuesdays

Time off 25 days

Pension salary exchange

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Travel Insurance

Job summary

Methods is seeking a Backend Developer to join a multidisciplinary digital delivery team in the UK. You will design, develop and maintain secure, scalable backend services and APIs using TypeScript and serverless architectures on AWS.

The role involves collaborating across product, design and QA to deliver robust government-focused digital services. The ideal candidate has strong experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway and modern software engineering practices, including automated testing and

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience designing backend services and APIs.
• Expertise in TypeScript and serverless architectures on AWS.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and external/internals integrations.
• Proficient in automated testing and modern CI/CD workflows.
• Knowledge of cloud security, monitoring, logging and performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality backend services and APIs.
• Implement serverless solutions using AWS and cloud-native patterns.
• Develop applications with AWS services including Lambda.
• Collaborate with frontend, product and QA in an agile team.
• Contribute to testing, CI/CD and deployment processes.
• Investigate issues, optimize performance and ensure security.

Skills

TypeScript

AWS

Serverless

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Git

Security best practices

Unit testing

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

DynamoDB

S3

CloudWatch

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Methods is seeking a Backend Developer to join a multidisciplinary digital delivery team in the UK. You will design, develop and maintain secure, scalable backend services and APIs using TypeScript and serverless architectures on AWS.

The role involves collaborating across product, design and QA to deliver robust government-focused digital services. The ideal candidate has strong experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway and modern software engineering practices, including automated testing and