💼 Full-Time Position

Lead Backend Engineer Node.js

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Client Server
📍 London, England, United Kingdom
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Location
London, United Kingdom
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Posted
June 05, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Lead Backend Engineer / Developer (Node.js Postgres AWS) London / WFH to £100k

Would you like to join a scale-up technology company in an influential role where you can take ownership and see the business impact of what you do?

You could be progressing your career as a Lead Backend Engineer, working on complex systems for the core product, a financial operating system for live events which reduces queue times for customers and maximises revenue for vendors.

What you'll do:

  • Lead sprint planning and delivery, ensuring predictable, high-quality output
  • Set and enforce engineering standards and Definition of Done across all work
  • Act as technical lead; design solutions, review code and drive best practices
  • Own CI/CD quality gates, testing strategy and codebase improvements
  • Take responsibility for production reliability, monitoring and incident response
  • Drive post-release validation and continuous improvement