About The Role

Join our team as a Staff Backend Engineer, where you will be a senior technical leader responsible for the long-term health and direction of our backend services. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy to identify and solve critical technical challenges, provide technical vision and architectural guardrails for multiple domains, and mentor senior engineers. This role offers flexible and hybrid working, training and development opportunities, and a home working allowance.

Lead the design, development, and evolution of large-scale systems or company initiatives, often across multiple teams.
Define the long-term technical roadmap and architectural vision for key areas of our platform, and articulate the return on investment (ROI) to engineering leaders and other departments.
Drive engineering excellence by identifying and resolving root problems while promoting best practices across the organization.
Expert-level proficiency in Java and related frameworks and libraries
Critical and data driven mindset in problem-solving and solution design
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating complex, distributed systems at scale
Deep knowledge on middleware services & frameworks (such as relational databases, NoSQL databases, messaging systems, etc.) and nuanced understanding of their internals
Active participation in technical guilds or communities of practices
Proven ability to influence and lead large, complex technical projects without formal authority
Proficiency with cloud-native architectures, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code principles
Mastery of architectural patterns, domain-driven design, and data modeling for complex systems
Exceptional ability to navigate and resolve technical ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
Driven by a strong curiosity in AI and cutting-edge tech, you're hands-on, experimenting with AI-powered tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot)) to enhance productivity and code quality
Experience in presenting at internal tech talks, external meetups, or conferences
Recognized as a go-to technical expert and thought leader by peers and leadership
Extensive, proven track record of technical leadership and impact in a senior or staff-level engineering role
Contributions to open-source projects
Experience in a regulated industry, such as healthcare
Master in computer science or equivalent field

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