Remote Lead Backend Software Engineer - UK

Description:

• Storyteq is seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to join their team in the UK.
• The company helps marketing and creative teams scale their creative production and gain control over their marketing campaigns.
• The role involves joining the Assets domain, focusing on backend services that power the Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform.
• Responsibilities include taking ownership of technical direction, building robust backend services, ensuring scalability and performance, guiding engineers, collaborating with other teams, modeling business domains, and leading by example in engineering excellence.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have experience leading technical delivery within a team or project.
• They should be confident in making architectural decisions and communicating trade-offs.
• Comfort in mentoring and supporting engineers is essential.
• A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience delivering backend or full-stack products with TypeScript and JavaScript is required.
• Strong backend development skills with Node.js are necessary.
• Solid experience in designing and integrating REST and/or GraphQL APIs is expected.
• Candidates should be comfortable working in monorepo environments and modular architectures.
• Proficiency in data modeling and working with SQL/NoSQL databases is required.
• Familiarity with testing practices, performance tuning, and scalable design principles is important.
• Experience in SaaS or product-based environments is preferred.
• Candidates should be proactive, result-driven, and excited to work in a fast-growing tech scale-up.
• A strong team player who values collaboration and shared success is essential.

Benefits:

• The position offers 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays to ensure downtime.
• An annual Wellbeing Day is provided for physical and mental wellbeing.
• A Pension Scheme is available to help save for retirement.
• A Corporate Medical Cash Plan allows employees to claim back medical treatment costs.
• Employees can access savings through an online community platform with daily deals.
• An Employee Assistance Programme is in place to support employee happiness.
• A Cycle to Work Scheme is offered to save on commuting costs.
• Monthly Employee Awards include a £250 bonus for Employee of the Month.
• The company supports charity work with a paid Volunteer Day.
• A referral scheme rewards employees with £1,000 for successful referrals.
• A Wellbeing Programme includes interactive workshops and Wellbeing Champions.
• Enhanced Family Friendly Leave is available to support employees with family responsibilities.