Software Engineer - Backend

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Location:

Leeds – 2x a week

Salary:
Up to £85k D.O.E + Benefits

Fruition IT are working with a well‑established tech‑first business that is embarking on a complete technical transformation. The client wants a Backend Staff Software Engineer to shape the architecture and technical direction of new projects while remaining deeply hands‑on.

• 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 Type Script.
• 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.

• 7+ years’ experience in backend or platform engineering roles, with recent senior/staff level experience.
• Deep hands‑on expertise with Node.js and Type Script in production environments.
• Strong experience designing and deploying microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Proven experience with AWS (EKS, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3, Lambda, Terraform).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Dev Ops principles and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience leading or influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with frontend technologies (React, Type Script) beneficial but not essential.

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