Lead Backend Engineer - AI Property Ops Platform (Equity)

Jack & Jill; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

LightWork AI in London is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to architect mission-critical systems powering Felicity, an AI assistant for property management. You will design scalable Node.js/TypeScript services within a microservice, event-driven architecture.

You will mentor the team, implement observability, and integrate LLMs to automate workflows for property managers, with equity as part of the package.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Proven track record leading projects and designing distributed, scalable systems.
• Strong architectural mindset for event-driven, cloud-native services.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Integrate backend services with LLMs to automate workflows for property managers.
• Mentor engineers and establish high-quality engineering standards from the ground up.

Skills

Leadership

Architectural design

Event-driven architecture

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Job description

LightWork AI in London is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to architect mission-critical systems powering Felicity, an AI assistant for property management. You will design scalable Node.js/TypeScript services within a microservice, event-driven architecture.

You will mentor the team, implement observability, and integrate LLMs to automate workflows for property managers, with equity as part of the package.