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Senior Software Engineer

Full-time

Hays

Your new company  

Join a fast-growing, product-driven technology company operating with a globally distributed team across North America, Europe, and beyond. The culture is built on customer centricity, urgency, curiosity, and ownership—where engineers are empowered to take initiative, solve real problems, and drive meaningful impact without friction. Teams move quickly, ship often, and continuously evolve core systems and new products. 

Your new role  

As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you’ll design and build scalable backend systems that power a rapidly growing platform. This is a high-ownership role where you’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver impactful features end-to-end. You’ll:

  • Build performant backend services using Node.js / NestJS
  • Develop reliable, scalable systems leveraging MongoDB, Postgres, and Redis
  • Own the full SDLC—from design to production and ongoing support
  • Contribute to shared libraries, tooling, and engineering best practices
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to solve real customer problems
  • Participate in on-call rotations (approx. 1 week/month) to support platform reliability
  • Work in a remote-first, async environment with global collaboration

What you'll need to succeed  

  • Proven experience building scalable backend systems in production environments
  • Strong hands-on development with TypeScript, Node.js (NestJS preferred)
    and exposure to React
  • Experience working with distributed systems, APIs, and databases (MongoDB, Postgres, Redis)
  • Solid understanding of testing strategies (integration, E2E, unit)
  • Experience deploying and operating applications in AWS (ECS, Terraform)
  • Comfortable owning systems end-to-end, including monitoring and debugging in production
  • Strong written communication skills—comfortable working in a fully remote, async team

What you'll get in return  

  • Fully remote, globally distributed team with flexible working
  • High-impact role with ownership over critical platform systems
  • Opportunity to shape infrastructure and architecture at scale

What you need to do now  

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Vacancy posted a month ago
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