Lead Backend Engineer

Role Description

A highly skilled Full Stack developer comfortable with both front-end and back-end programming. Responsible for developing and designing front-end web architecture, ensuring application responsiveness, and working with microservices and non-UI frameworks. Will see projects through from conception to final product and must demonstrate strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain server-side application logic.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate UI elements with server-side components.
• Write high-quality, readable and testable code.
• Design and optimise applications for high performance, availability and low latency.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Incorporate data storage solutions (e.G., MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
• Attend daily stand-ups and participate in Agile ceremonies.
• Support Service Ops, DevOps and QA in investigations, testing and deployments.
• Review code and provide feedback to junior developers.
• Merge code and manage deployments (CI / CD).
• Maintain existing codebase by identifying and fixing defects.
• Participate in discovery calls and requirement-gathering.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs that meet performance, usability, reliability and scalability standards.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases and usability.
• Break down complex functional and technical requirements into development tasks and provide estimates.
• Contribute to build and release management lifecycle.

Requirements

familiarity with AngularJS and Next.Js.

able to support cross-functional stakeholders (Product, QA, DevOps, Service Ops).

Desirables