Senior Backend Engineer

Overview

Are you a senior backend engineer who wants real ownership, real influence, and the chance to build something that actually makes a difference?

My client is an agritech startup working directly with farmers and processors to build software that delivers genuine, real-world impact. Their platform connects systems across the farm to surface insights that help customers make better, more informed decisions - and they're still early enough that your technical input will genuinely shape the product.

They're now looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to play a key role in defining backend architecture and technical standards as the team scales.

This is a senior individual contributor role - not people management - with real autonomy and responsibility.

• Designing, building and running backend services and APIs from idea through to production
• Owning services in production - reliability, monitoring, performance and incident response
• Making and documenting architectural decisions for both new and existing systems
• Improving scalability, performance and overall system robustness
• Working closely with product and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Reviewing code and mentoring more junior engineers, raising the bar across the team

• Strong backend engineering experience, ideally 5+ years
  , working on production systems used by real customers
• Experience with Go or similar backend languages (strong fundamentals matter more than specific tools)
• Solid knowledge of Postgre
  
  SQL or other SQL databases
• Hands-on experience building APIs (REST, Graph
  
  QL, gRPC, etc.)
• Exposure to GCP or comparable cloud platforms
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices

• Comfortable working independently with minimal supervision
• Strong technical judgement and ability to weigh trade-offs
• Confident debugging complex production issues
• Focused on building systems that last, not just shipping quickly
• Clear communicator who values good technical documentation
• Someone who enjoys raising engineering quality, not just their own output

• Equity in the business
• Health insurance
• Pension
• Flexible working

If you're interested in joining an ambitious startup where your work has visible impact - and where your technical voice genuinely matters - this could be a great fit.

If you have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Brendan McCrory directly.