TypeScript Backend Engineer — AI & Cloud

Zebra People; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Dental

Pension (matched)

Income protection

Life insurance

Cycle to work

Job summary

Zebra People is seeking a Software Engineer to join a leading AI governance, risk and compliance initiative. You will build cloud software using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS, take ownership of features, and work across backend, cloud, and AI-assisted development cycles.

The role involves collaborating with product managers, designers and engineers to deliver reliable solutions and scale systems, with ~50% office time in the UK.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional software engineering experience in production apps in an agile environment.
• Strong backend with Node.js and TypeScript building APIs or microservices.
• Experience with React in a product engineering environment.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native development, testing, and deployment.
• Comfort with SQL databases, Git, Docker-based workflows, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical understanding of AI-assisted engineering tools with emphasis on privacy, security and quality.
• Clear communication, collaboration, and willingness to contribute ideas in code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and improve backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS.
• Take ownership of features from planning through release, including code quality and production support.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to turn requirements into reliable solutions.
• Contribute to design discussions, code reviews, and engineering standards.
• Use AI tools to speed up research, coding, debugging, testing, and documentation with sound judgment.
• Improve monitoring, reliability and day-to-day development practices.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS

React

SQL

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Tools

Docker

Git

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Zebra People is seeking a Software Engineer to join a leading AI governance, risk and compliance initiative. You will build cloud software using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS, take ownership of features, and work across backend, cloud, and AI-assisted development cycles.

The role involves collaborating with product managers, designers and engineers to deliver reliable solutions and scale systems, with ~50% office time in the UK.