Lead Backend Engineer

Salary: $230k + super + ESOP

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Own the architecture: Genuine technical authority and the opportunity to shape a platform's future.
• Global scale: Build systems that support enterprise customers across the US, Europe, and beyond.
• Complex engineering: Solve challenging problems involving distributed systems, data architecture and scalability.
• High-impact role: Work directly with senior engineering leadership, with your decisions shaping the product's direction.
• Engineering-first culture: A fast-moving environment that values technical excellence, autonomy and getting things done.
• Growth opportunity: Join at a pivotal stage and play a central role in the company's next phase of expansion.

The Opportunity

Working alongside senior engineering leadership, you'll play a pivotal role in evolving an established product into a sophisticated, enterprise-grade platform.

You'll be responsible for the architectural roadmap, designing scalable systems and building the technical foundations required to support rapid customer growth.

Importantly, this is a hands-on engineering role, not a people management position. You'll have the autonomy to make critical technical and architectural decisions while remaining actively involved in development.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the backend architecture and drive the technical roadmap.
• Design and build scalable, data-intensive SaaS platforms.
• Develop robust data models, APIs and enterprise integration frameworks.
• Architect event-driven systems, data ingestion pipelines and distributed services.
• Evolve AWS infrastructure using serverless and containerised technologies.
• Design secure, reliable multi-region infrastructure supporting international operations.
• Establish engineering best practices across performance, testing, security and observability.
• Collaborate with senior technical leadership and influence key product decisions.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of backend software engineering experience, with proven architectural ownership.
• Advanced expertise in TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL.
• Strong AWS experience, including serverless, containerisation and infrastructure as code.
• Experience building and scaling complex, multi-tenant B2B SaaS platforms.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architecture and microservices.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, data modelling and enterprise integrations.
• Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach to solving complex technical challenges.

Experience with Supabase, DynamoDB, Terraform, AI/ML infrastructure or enterprise data platforms would be highly regarded.

Apply now or contact AEY & Associates for a confidential discussion.