Senior Backend Engineer - Node.js, Cloud, Remote (Ireland)

Isla; Ireland; Remote; EUR 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Isla Health is seeking a Senior Node.js Engineer to join a remote-first team building the Digital Pathway Platform for healthcare providers. You will own significant backend areas, ship features rapidly, and collaborate with product, design, and frontend colleagues.

You will work in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership, focusing on scalable services, reliability, and data-driven health tech challenges across the UK, EU and internationally.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building Node.js applications with TypeScript.
• 5+ years as a developer, preferably in startups or health-tech.
• Strong cloud experience and modern backend design principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, scope, build and deploy features quickly for users.
• Own services in production including monitoring and reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with product and design to deliver user-focused solutions.
• Support and improve cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Cloud

GCP

CI/CD

Backend design

Mentoring

Tools

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Isla Health is seeking a Senior Node.js Engineer to join a remote-first team building the Digital Pathway Platform for healthcare providers. You will own significant backend areas, ship features rapidly, and collaborate with product, design, and frontend colleagues.

You will work in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership, focusing on scalable services, reliability, and data-driven health tech challenges across the UK, EU and internationally.