Senior Backend Engineer

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

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join a startup in the fantasy sports domain. This role offers remote work in the UK with one monthly meeting in London. The candidate should have 5+ years of experience in backend systems using Node.js or Python, with a strong foundation in cloud services such as GCP. You will play a crucial role in managing backend infrastructure and developing systems to enhance user experience. This position is ideal for those looking to be part of an innovative and growing team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience building backend systems and dealing with infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Node.js, Typescript, or Python.
• Experience with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems.
• Manage infrastructure tasks split 50/50.

Skills

Backend systems development

Node.js

Typescript

Python

Infrastructure management

GCP

Terraform

Pulumi

Tools

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!