Prinicpal Typescript Engineer

Ocho People; Belfast; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a Principal TypeScript Engineer to join their fully remote team in Northern Ireland. In this high-impact role, you will lead the design and optimisation of TypeScript services, collaborate with architects, and drive engineering standards. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with TypeScript, React, and Node, along with strong skills in distributed systems and cloud architectures. The position offers a competitive salary up to £100,000 and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial experience with TypeScript across Node and React.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs and system integrations.
• Experience with cloud native architectures (AWS preferred).
• Knowledge of CI/CD, testing frameworks and modern engineering practices.
• Comfortable working in a high performance engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build and optimisation of TypeScript based services and applications.
• Collaborate with architects to define technical direction and platform strategy.
• Drive engineering standards, code quality and performance improvements.
• Contribute to backend and frontend development across a modern stack.
• Mentor senior engineers and support the long term evolution of the platform.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node

Distributed systems

Cloud native architectures

CI/CD

Testing frameworks

Strong communication skills

Job description

Principal TypeScript Engineer

Fully remote (NI based)

Up to £100,000 salary + strong benefits

One of Ocho's longest standing and most innovative clients, a global technology company building large scale platforms used across construction, logistics and asset management. Their UK engineering team is expanding, and they're searching for a Principal TypeScript Engineer to help drive technical excellence and shape the direction of a major product suite.

You'll work across a modern TypeScript ecosystem with React, Node and cloud native architectures, leading complex feature development and collaborating closely with principal engineers, architects and product leaders. This role offers the chance to take ownership of technical design, introduce best practices and contribute to systems operating at real global scale.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, build and optimisation of TypeScript based services and applications.
• Collaborate with architects to define technical direction and platform strategy.
• Drive engineering standards, code quality and performance improvements.
• Contribute to backend and frontend development across a modern stack.
• Mentor senior engineers and support the long term evolution of the platform.
• Work closely with product teams on solving deep technical and business challenges.

Required experience

• Extensive commercial experience with TypeScript across Node and React.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs and system integrations.
• Experience with cloud native architectures (AWS preferred).
• Knowledge of CI/CD, testing frameworks and modern engineering practices.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction.
• Comfortable working in a distributed, high performance engineering team.

Why this role

• High impact role with ownership over key technical decisions.
• Work on platforms with global scale and highly visible outcomes.
• Modern stack, supportive leadership and strong long term progression.
• Fully remote within the UK with a generous package up to £100k.

Apply here or reach out to Aaron Somers at Ocho for more information via LinkedIn.