Backend Engineer (Node/TypeScript) – Hybrid London, AWS

Harvey Nash; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic health-tech scale-up based in London is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their expanding engineering team. You will design and build secure, scalable APIs in Node.js and TypeScript, work within a serverless AWS environment, and optimize databases. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of backend engineering experience, strong knowledge of event-driven architecture, and deep AWS skills. Benefits include equity, private health, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Equity

Private health insurance

Pension

Unlimited holiday

Parental leave

Flexible working

L&D stipend

Wellness reimbursement

Qualifications

• 4+ years' backend engineering experience required.
• Strong skills in Node.js and TypeScript are essential.
• Experience with event-driven architecture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable and well-tested APIs in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Work with AWS stack including Lambda, API Gateway, and RDS.
• Design and optimize MySQL databases for performance.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

SQL

AWS

Event-driven architecture

Tools

MySQL

Terraform

NoSQL

Job description

A dynamic health-tech scale-up based in London is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their expanding engineering team. You will design and build secure, scalable APIs in Node.js and TypeScript, work within a serverless AWS environment, and optimize databases. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of backend engineering experience, strong knowledge of event-driven architecture, and deep AWS skills. Benefits include equity, private health, and flexible working options.