Backend Software Engineer

Rive; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking technology company based in London is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to enhance their cloud services. The role involves building scalable backend solutions, developing external APIs, and architecting AWS infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have over 3 years of experience and strong SQL skills. The position offers a hybrid work environment and a competitive salary range of £75,000-£100,000.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Stock options

Qualifications

• 3+ years building and operating backend services for SaaS products in the cloud.
• Proven experience running Node.js applications in production in containerised environments.
• Willingness to learn new technologies quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the backend services for Rive's cloud based editor.
• Develop new external API for third parties.
• Architect AWS cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Strong SQL expertise

Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript)

AWS experience

Customer focus

Ability to work independently

Tools

AWS

Aurora MySQL

Docker

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Rive is a new way to build production-ready UI and graphics - with rich interactivity and state-driven animation. We're on a mission to make hard-coded graphics a thing of the past with a new general-purpose graphics format for all types of software and UI. Rive empowers teams to iterate faster and build better products.

We’ve seen tremendous organic growth over the last few years. Our innovative customers include tech giants, game studios, consumer apps with millions of users… there are even Rive pixels in space!

Rive is looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our team. Working with a lean backend team there\'s a lot of opportunity to continue to evolve our backend services and cloud infrastructure as we scale. We have some unique and complex problems to solve.

What you\'ll do

• Build and scale the backend services for Rive\'s cloud based editor, supporting the implementation of new features.
• Developing our new external API for third parties to build integrations with Rive.
• Maintain customer-facing web applications for authentication, account management and Rive\'s marketplace.
• Architect our AWS cloud infrastructure to ensure services are scalable, resilient and secure.
• Improve our telemetry and observability to give better insight into system health, performance, and customer usage.
• Ensure every feature is delivered with well-structured, tested, and maintainable code.
• Collaborate directly with our customers to deliver the features they need.

Some of the tech you\'ll be working with

Languages & Frameworks: Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript), Next.js, Dart/Flutter, C++, Bash.

Databases: Aurora MySQL.

Infrastructure: AWS (containers, serverless, storage, networking, CDN), Docker, Terraform.

Observability: CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Sentry.

CI/CD: GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline.

Other: Integrations with common third-party APIs, such as Stripe and Mailchimp.

What you will bring

• 3+ years building and operating backend services for SaaS products in the cloud, ideally on AWS,
• Strong SQL expertise, including schema design and query optimisation.
• Proven experience running Node.js applications in production in containerised environments.
• Strong customer focus, experience collaborating directly with internal and external stakeholders to deliver features.
• Ability to work independently while staying aligned with team goals and engineering standards.
• Willingness to learn new technologies, often quickly, and jump on to issues outside of your areas of expertise.

Location: London, Hybrid with ability to come into the office weekly.

Visa sponsorship is not available. The successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of their right to work in the U.K. prior to commencing employment.

Compensation and benefits: We offer a hybrid work environment, comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage as well as stock options. Salary range: 75-100k GBP. Compensation may depend on the level of experience and geographic location.

At Rive, we are a global group of passionate designers and developers who believe in transparency, failing fast, quick iteration, and experimentation. We aim to build a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels supported.

We have an incredible opportunity to change the world of interactive content creation. Help us accelerate the design industry\'s transition to Rive!

A real human will read your resume, cover letter, and answers to the application questions so please take a minute and tell us more about you!