Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year 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.
* Familiarity with frontend technologies (React, TypeScript) beneficial but not essential.
Responsibilities:
* 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.
* Mentor and coach engineers, helping to raise the overall bar for backend development.
* Drive best practices in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and API design.
Technologies:
* API
* AWS
* Lambda
* Backend
* CI/CD
* Cloud
* DevOps
* Frontend
* React
* Terraform
* TypeScript
* microservices
* NodeJS
* JavaScript
More:
We are Fruition IT, a well-established tech-first business, and we are undergoing a complete technical transformation. We offer a competitive salary of up to £70k D.O.E and an innovative environment to shape the architecture and technical direction of new projects. Our team values collaboration, mentorship, and the pursuit of best practices in technology. This role is based in Leeds and requires a commitment of two days a week in the office.
last updated 5 week of 2026