Senior Backend Engineer

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a startup in the fantasy sports domain. This remote role requires expertise in backend system development, particularly in NodeJS and Typescript or Python. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience and a strong grasp of infrastructure management. The company has recently received significant investment and is expanding into new sports, making it a great opportunity for tech-savvy individuals eager to join a dynamic company.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience building backend systems with infrastructure responsibilities.
• Proficient in NodeJS and Typescript or Python.
• Experience with GCP; AWS or Azure also acceptable.
• Familiarity with Terraform or Pulumi.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems for a fantasy sports startup.
• Ensure infrastructure reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with a small agile team on core application features.

Skills

Backend system development

NodeJS

Typescript

Python

Infrastructure management

GCP

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Kubernetes

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Role :

Senior Backend Engineer

Salary range :

80-90k

UK remote (1 day per month visit in London)

Tech stack includes :

Typescript, NextJS, React Native, Expo, GCP, NodeJS, Python, Pulumi, Kubernetes, SQL / NoSQL.

Current team size :

x1 FE Engineer, x1 BE Engineer, Head of Product, Data Engineer.

We're working with a startup company in the fantasy sports domain - combination of data & AI powered tools to make fans better! Profitable, healthy investment (just raised 4.5 million), expanding into new sports and rebuild their core experience as a native app.

Essentials for this role

• 5+ years experience building backend systems and dealing with infrastructure (50 : 50 split day to day)
• Node / Typescript or Python stack
• GCP ideally however AWS / Azure can be considered
• Terraform or Pulumi

Bonus

• ReactJS / NextJS experience

No sponsorship available sorry!