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Lead Software Engineer
£70,000 - 80,000
Langham Recruitment
Europa Gate, Trafford Park
£70,000 - 80,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong commercial experience as a developer, focusing on Node.js development
- Confident designing backend architectures and APIs for cloud-native platforms
- Interest or experience integrating AI-powered or data-driven services
- Comfortable communicating technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on, proactive, and pragmatic, with high standards for code quality and delivery
Responsibilities
- Lead backend engineering across the platform, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability
- Act as the senior hands-on engineer for Node.js backend development
- Collaborate closely with Unity, mobile, and client-side teams to ensure backend services reliably support immersive, content-rich experiences
- Own API design and server-side architecture, building scalable, well-documented services
- Drive backend delivery processes, workflow optimisation, CI/CD, and deployment best practices
- Develop integrations with external services, including AI-driven functionality
- Own backend cloud environments and data flows, proactively identifying performance, scalability, and reliability risks
- Support onboarding of future engineers and contribute to long-term backend technical strategy
Description
We are an EdTech/SaaS company building an advanced digital learning platform focused on immersive and interactive educational experiences. As our platform continues to evolve across the UK and US, we are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join our small, collaborative engineering team. We offer a competitive salary of £70,000 – £80,000 plus shares, along with the flexibility of hybrid working (3 days onsite in Manchester, 2 days from home) and 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (negotiable).
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