Remote Principal Backend Architect & Tech Leader

SchemeServe Ltd.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SchemeServe Ltd. in the UK is seeking an exceptional Principal Backend Engineer to shape our architecture, engineering principles and technical direction. This is a deeply technical role that goes beyond feature delivery.

You’ll influence teams, review designs, mentor engineers, and ensure a secure, reliable platform. You’ll stay close to code and help engineers tackle hard problems while guiding the organisation’s long-term technical vision.

Qualifications

• Deep technical role requiring understanding of backend systems, architecture, security, performance and maintainability.
• Must be able to review designs, spot risks and challenge experienced engineers.
• We value pragmatic decisions and influencing through collaboration rather than authority.

Responsibilities

• Shape backend engineering strategy and architecture.
• Lead and influence multiple engineering teams; mentor and uplift technical capabilities.
• Review designs and implementations to ensure security, reliability and maintainability.
• Balance new work with improving existing systems; drive pragmatic technical decisions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Backend engineering

Code review

Mentoring

Tools

C#

TypeScript

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Redis

Azure

Job description

SchemeServe Ltd. in the UK is seeking an exceptional Principal Backend Engineer to shape our architecture, engineering principles and technical direction. This is a deeply technical role that goes beyond feature delivery.

You’ll influence teams, review designs, mentor engineers, and ensure a secure, reliable platform. You’ll stay close to code and help engineers tackle hard problems while guiding the organisation’s long-term technical vision.