Senior Full Stack Engineer (TypeScript/Go)

Futureheads; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A climate tech venture based in London seeks a skilled Data Engineer to take ownership of the engineering stack, from backend to frontend. The role includes shaping architecture and collaborating closely with users. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of backend experience in Go, frontend skills in React/Next.js, and a strong understanding of AWS. The compensation ranges from £80k-95k with additional equity. This is an excellent opportunity to use your skills for ocean conservation and sustainability.

Benefits

£80-95k salary

Meaningful equity

1-2 days per week in central London office

Collaborative culture with focus on D&I

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend experience with Go.
• Solid frontend skills with React/Next.js and TypeScript.
• Experience with scalable, reliable SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the engineering stack from MVP to global product.
• Shape architecture, tools, and engineering standards.
• Work directly with users to gather feedback and improve products.

Skills

Backend experience with Go

API design

Frontend skills with React/Next.js

Database systems like PostgreSQL

Experience building reliable SaaS products

Strong knowledge of AWS

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps best practices

System design

Team collaboration and communication

Job description

Overview

Futureheads has just partnered with an early-stage climate tech venture tackling one of the world’s most urgent challenges: ocean conservation and the ocean economy. This is a greenfield build where your work will have direct global impact.

In this role, you will own the full data stack from ingestion through to analytics, building and maintaining scalable pipelines across API, streaming, and batch processes. You will manage cloud infrastructure on AWS with a DevOps mindset, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and scaling. Working closely with engineering and product teams, you will deliver data solutions for analytics, internal tools, and AI models, while establishing and maintaining best practices for data governance, security, and reliability.

What You\'ll Do

• Take full ownership of the engineering stack — backend, frontend, and infrastructure — and help scale it from MVP to a global product.
• Shape architecture, choose the right tools, and set engineering standards as the company grows.
• Work directly with users to gather feedback, iterate fast, and deliver meaningful improvements.
• Collaborate with the founding team on product direction, technical strategy, and team development.
• Build, ship, and refine high-quality features that directly support conservation and sustainability.

What They\u2019re Looking For

• 5+ years of backend experience with Go, including API design, microservices, and database systems like PostgreSQL.
• Solid frontend skills with React/Next.js, TypeScript.
• Experience building scalable, reliable SaaS products that are cleanly architected and maintainable.
• Strong knowledge of AWS, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and DevOps best practices.
• A thoughtful approach to system design, balancing performance, scalability, and simplicity.
• Someone who thrives in fast-moving, early-stage environments and enjoys solving deep technical challenges.
• A great collaborator who values teamwork, communication, and shared mission.

What\'s on offer

£80-95k + meaningful Equity • 1-2 days p/w in a central London office • Collaborative culture with a focus on D&I.

If you\u2019re passionate about using data to make a real difference for the planet, this is your chance to join a mission-driven, early-stage team with global ambition.

Please note there is no sponsorship available for this role

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, so if there is anything we can do to make our recruitment processes better for you and to allow you to show your best self, let us know. We also understand that some people require extra time to complete assessments, require alternative application methods and can also benefit from having interview questions or a guide to the type of questions pre-interview. We are open to any suggestions or requests that you may have and are always looking for creative ways to assess talent. Our commitment to you is that you should always feel safe and secure when you\u2019re working with us. Futureheads is a B Corp\u2122 accredited digital recruitment agency based in London. We specialise in recruiting permanent, contract and freelance digital and tech professionals in creative, data, design, digital marketing, engineering, product, project and programme management, UX and service design jobs.