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Senior Software Engineer - Back End

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Senior level
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The Senior Software Engineer will deliver high-quality backend solutions using AWS and TypeScript, manage technical dependencies, and contribute to product strategy.
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Job Description

We've recently closed a significant funding round and are backed by Azzurri Group, one of the UK's most successful hospitality investment platforms. With strong market traction, we're now looking for a Senior Engineer. Role Overview


Technical Environment

  • Backend: AWS Lambda, TypeScript

  • Infrastructure: Serverless Framework, Terraform

  • AWS cloud infrastructure

  • CI/CD pipelines

  • Frontend: React, TypeScript

Key Responsibilities

Product & Delivery

  • Delivering high quality solutions

  • Balance technical debt with feature delivery

  • Ensure system reliability and performance

  • Contribute to product strategy and roadmap planning

  • Manage technical dependencies and risks

  • Communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders


Required Skills & Experience

  • 6+ years of software development experience

  • Strong hands-on coding abilities in TypeScript and React

  • Experience with Serverless architectures and AWS

  • Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • Strong system design and architectural skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in SaaS or integration-heavy platforms

  • Knowledge of event-driven architectures

  • Background in scaling SaaS products

  • Understanding of security best practices

  • Experience mentoring and developing engineers


What We Offer

  • Opportunity to shape the technical direction of a growing SaaS platform

  • No out-of-hours support requirements

  • Direct input into architectural decisions

  • Collaborative engineering culture

  • Work with modern cloud-native technologies

Location & Work Arrangement

  • Based in Central London

  • Hybrid working policy

  • 2 days per week in our Central London office

Company Benefits

Life Assurance - 4x salary

Income protection - 75% salary after 26 weeks of sickness

25 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays

Access to WeCare Employee Assistance Program

Cycle to Work Scheme

Annual eyecare voucher w/Specsavers

Wrkit Savings& Benefits platform

Interview Process
  • initial introductory call

  • A role aligned interview

  • A team interview

  • Meet our founder

Top Skills

Aws Lambda
React
Serverless Framework
Terraform
Typescript
HQ

Openr London, England Office

London, United Kingdom

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