Backend Engineer

Backend Engineer - High-Traffic Platform 🚀

Up to £70,000

Hybrid working - London based

Node.js & Type Script

We're partnered with a fast-growing London-based startup who are looking for a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to help scale a high-traffic platform s role is ideal for a Node.js developer who wants real ownership, rapid delivery, and the chance to grow quickly in a startup environment.

They've recently onboarded new clients and with huge growth plans for 2026, this is a great opportunity to join a fast growing business!

You'll work across a wide range of backend projects - building new platform features, developing third‑party integrations, and creating APIs that power customer‑facing applications. As part of a small, collaborative team, you'll make meaningful contributions from day one, own significant areas of the product, and see your work shipped quickly.

• Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js
• Develop new features across internal tools and customer‑ futuras products
• Design and implement integrations with third‑party and partner systems
• Write clean, well‑tested, maintainable code
• Design database schemas, optimise queries, and ensure data integrity
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers and other stakeholders
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues with a focus on reliability
• Contribute ideas to improve systems, architecture, and processes

• 3-5 years of professional backend engineering experience
• Strong több experience with Node.js and Type Script
• Proven experience building RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (Postgre
  
  SQL preferred)
• Experience writing unit and integration tests
• Comfortable working with Git and collaborative workflows
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills
• Ownership mindset - able to take projects from idea to production
• Comfortable working in a fast‑moving, sometimes ambiguous environment

This is a great opportunity to join a growing business and if you’d like to find out more about the role, please reach out to me on

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.