Senior Software Engineer - IoT & Real-Time Data Platform

Talent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Hybrid work

Job summary

Talent is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for a UK technology business building IoT monitoring and data platforms. You’ll work on a TypeScript/Node.js stack with a strong backend focus, turning real-time data into insights, alerts and automated workflows.

You’ll own features from development through production support in a greenfield environment and help shape engineering standards. You’ll join a development team of around 5–6 people and have the opportunity to influence architecture and

Qualifications

• Substantial commercial TypeScript experience across backend and frontend.
• Strong Node.js experience with production APIs.
• Experience with high-volume, real-time or event-driven systems.
• MongoDB schema design, indexing and aggregation proficiency.
• Redis experience for caching, queuing or rate limiting.

Responsibilities

• Build platform capabilities using TypeScript, Node.js and React/Next.js.
• Design and operate reliable HTTP APIs.
• Develop high-volume, time-series data ingestion, processing, storage and retention.
• Design MongoDB schemas, indexes and aggregation pipelines; improve query performance.
• Use Redis for caching, queuing or rate limiting.
• Contribute to architecture, documentation and engineering standards.
• Own features through development, testing, deployment and production support.
• Support the existing platform as the business transitions to the next-generation product.
• Diagnose production incidents and participate in on-call rota.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

React/Next.js

Real-time systems

MongoDB

Redis

IoT

Time-series data

Ownership

Tools

React/Next.js

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Talent is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for a UK technology business building IoT monitoring and data platforms. You’ll work on a TypeScript/Node.js stack with a strong backend focus, turning real-time data into insights, alerts and automated workflows.

You’ll own features from development through production support in a greenfield environment and help shape engineering standards. You’ll join a development team of around 5–6 people and have the opportunity to influence architecture and