Senior Node.js Backend Engineer – Lead & Build APIs (Remote)

Vista Global Holding; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vista is the world’s leading global business aviation company, delivering flight services through a global network and a team of experts. They seek a senior software engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems powering client-facing apps and APIs.

You will drive architectural decisions, mentor teams, and partner with Product, UX, and Data to deliver value. Join a transformative, autonomous environment that emphasizes rapid impact and collaboration across a global

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, BS in Computer Science/Software Engineering.
• Track record of taking ambiguous problems and independently deciding what and how to build.
• Strong communicator who can articulate a technical position and lead a team.
• Front-end/backend mix with strong backend experience in Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Drive features from designs to shipped releases, defining scope and questions.
• Lead architectural decisions and build alignments.
• Build and maintain customer-facing features across APIs, backend services, and data models.
• Design and evolve database schemas and data models to support client apps.
• Develop scalable, secure APIs powering product experiences.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and Data to translate user needs into solutions.
• Identify and resolve production issues through debugging and root-cause analysis.
• Build monitoring and observability for backend services.

Skills

Node.js

API design

PostgreSQL

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools

GitHub Copilot

Education

BS in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Kibana

ElastAlert

GitHub

Copilot

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

Vista is the world’s leading global business aviation company, delivering flight services through a global network and a team of experts. They seek a senior software engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems powering client-facing apps and APIs.

You will drive architectural decisions, mentor teams, and partner with Product, UX, and Data to deliver value. Join a transformative, autonomous environment that emphasizes rapid impact and collaboration across a global