Lead Platform & Backend Engineer — Scalable Health Infra

Isla; Ireland; Remote; EUR 92,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working times

Work abroad for up to 90 days per year

25 days annual leave

Birthday off

Generous well-being perks

Annual learning budget

Job summary

A leading healthtech startup is seeking a Lead Backend & Platform Engineer in Ireland to own the technical implementation of their cloud infrastructure. You will lead a high-performance team while refining best engineering practices. This pivotal role offers the chance to impact healthcare delivery and provides autonomy in making architectural decisions. Ideal candidates will have deep expertise in GCP, Node.js, TypeScript, and experience in mentoring engineers, thriving in a high-growth startup environment.

Qualifications

• Proven technical leadership in a high-growth startup environment.
• Deep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and infrastructure-as-code.
• Effective mentoring and management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and stability of the GCP platform.
• Manage and inspire a high-performance backend team.
• Drive technical cost-optimisation and resource management.

Skills

Technical leadership

GCP expertise

Node.js proficiency

TypeScript proficiency

Integration with third-party APIs

People management

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD practices

Job description

A leading healthtech startup is seeking a Lead Backend & Platform Engineer in Ireland to own the technical implementation of their cloud infrastructure. You will lead a high-performance team while refining best engineering practices. This pivotal role offers the chance to impact healthcare delivery and provides autonomy in making architectural decisions. Ideal candidates will have deep expertise in GCP, Node.js, TypeScript, and experience in mentoring engineers, thriving in a high-growth startup environment.