Senior Backend Engineering Manager

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom muzmatch Full time

We're a tech startup in London, seeking an experienced Head of Backend Engineering to lead our backend engineering team and drive best practices in our backend stack. As a key member of our engineering leadership team, you'll be responsible for architecting and planning changes for new features, ensuring the uptime and performant running of our entire platform, and driving efficiency gains reducing the company cloud bill.

About the Role:

This is a senior leadership role, requiring 8+ years of experience in Backend engineering, with 5+ years of leading engineering teams. You should have extensive mentoring experience and solid architecture experience, as well as expertise in AWS services, including IAM, Networking, Storage, Databases, and Terraform and containerisation.

About You:

  • You have a strong understanding of cloud engineering and experience with building on AWS services.
  • You are well-versed in Go, Python, and scripting skills, with a focus on event-driven services and gRPC.
  • You have experience handling IAM resource permissions, networking, storage, and databases.
  • You are able to stay hands-on writing and reviewing code where needed, while also being responsible for cross-company initiatives and working with squads to prioritise and deliver.

We Offer:

  • A competitive salary of £100,000 - £130,000 + equity, with opportunities for growth and development.
  • A dynamic and diverse team, with people from all walks of life.
  • Regular socials, including mini golf, hikes, and Catan nights.


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