Senior Software Engineer - Backend

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Shaping the architecture and technical direction of new projects, responsible for working on backend services, focusing on platform engineering and building CI/CD pipelines. Focus on AWS Services, such as EKS, Dynamo DB and S3.

Location: Leeds - 2x a week

Salary: Up to £70k D.O.E + Benefits

Company

Fruition IT are working with a well-established tech-first business who are embarking on a complete technical transformation.

What you will do

• Own and evolve the backend architecture for a large-scale software platform.
• Work across multiple teams to ensure alignment and scalability throughout the business.
• Set technical direction and contribute to key design decisions across teams.
• Lead by example, writing high-quality, maintainable code in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Design and optimise CI/CD pipelines, improving automation, observability, and release processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and platform teams to deliver robust services.

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in backend or platform engineering roles, with recent experience at senior Level.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Node.js and TypeScript in production environments.
• Strong experience designing and deploying microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Proven experience with AWS (EKS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, Terraform).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps principles, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience leading or influencing technical direction across multiple teams.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with frontend technologies (React, TypeScript) beneficial but not essential.

Culture & Benefits

• Equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.