Staff Software Engineer (Backend) OCHO are searching for a Staff Software Engineer to join a fast-scaling engineering team working on the next evolution of a cloud-native platform. This is a senior technical role where you'll combine hands-on development with leadership, helping to shape architecture, guide teams, and deliver features that operate at real-world scale. This role will offer the successful candidate " remote first " and hybrid options. Rare in this market. The Opportunity Build and evolve distributed backend services in a modern cloud ecosystem. Work with high-scale data, event-driven systems and complex integration's. Lead by example - writing production code, setting technical standards, and mentoring engineers. Collaborate with Product and Design to take ideas from concept through to delivery. Influence the technical direction of the platform while improving how the team delivers. Tech Environment Languages/Frameworks: Python (open to Go, Java, Scala, C#, TypeScript etc.) Cloud & Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation Data & Messaging: Kafka, Kinesis, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, GraphQL/REST Patterns: Event-driven architecture, high-scale data processing, service-oriented systems What You'll Bring 8 years' experience building production-grade software at scale. Strong background in backend development with modern OO languages. Experience designing for scale, resilience and performance. Practical knowledge of event-driven and distributed architectures. Familiarity with observability, monitoring and CI/CD. Ability to mentor, coach and raise engineering standards. Nice to Have Knowledge of GraphQL, streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis) or service-oriented architectures. Experience with Kubernetes or similar containerisation platforms. What's on Offer Competitive base salary and market-leading equity package Private medical and dental insurance (employee dependants). Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%. Group life assurance and income protection. Access to mental health support, virtual GP, physiotherapy, and counselling. Inclusive, diverse environment where you'll have the freedom to shape how things are built. The salary package will be tailored to attract the very best local candidates. If you're a hands-on engineer who loves solving hard problems at scale and wants to play a leading role in building modern, event-driven systems - reach out to Ryan Quinn on LinkedIn. Skills: Python AWS Event Driven Benefits: Work From Home