Lead Backend Engineer - Build Scalable AI-Driven Platforms

Netcraft; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Equity tracking

Hybrid work options

Private health cover

Pension scheme

Learning & Development days

Volunteering days

Spot reward bonus

Job summary

Netcraft is seeking a Backend Engineering Team Lead to establish and lead a new backend team responsible for several key Netcraft products, including the Integration Layer, NSI, Web and SSL Server Survey, and Spam. You’ll drive a technical leadership role across a mixed stack, modernising legacy platforms while commercialising new offerings and shaping a delivery roadmap.

You’ll collaborate with Product and Design to define strategic directions, retain hands-on engineering time, and build a

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of engineering teams with delivery focus.
• Strong backend engineering background across a varied stack.
• Experience with AWS and ML tooling.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical strategy.
• Experience in hiring and developing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the new backend team and roadmap.
• Partner with Product and Design to set strategy.
• Hands-on engineering ~30–50% of the time.
• Maintain high engineering standards and CI/CD processes.
• Modernise legacy products while commercialising new ones.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Backend development

AWS

Machine learning

Team building

AI/ML tooling

Tools

OpenSearch

MongoDB

Perl

AWS Cloud

Job description

Netcraft is seeking a Backend Engineering Team Lead to establish and lead a new backend team responsible for several key Netcraft products, including the Integration Layer, NSI, Web and SSL Server Survey, and Spam. You’ll drive a technical leadership role across a mixed stack, modernising legacy platforms while commercialising new offerings and shaping a delivery roadmap.

You’ll collaborate with Product and Design to define strategic directions, retain hands-on engineering time, and build a