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Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js, DevOps, AI/LLMs)
I'm currently partnering with a well-funded health technology business that is building innovative digital products at the intersection of healthcare, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. They are looking for a highly capable Senior Backend Engineer to join a small, high-performing team and play a key role in designing, building, and scaling cloud-native backend systems and AI-powered digital products.
Location
Remote across the EU
What You'll Be Doing
- Designing, building, deploying, and maintaining scalable backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, and modern backend frameworks
- Developing robust RESTful APIs and microservices to support customer-facing applications and AI-powered features
- Collaborating closely with product, engineering, and commercial stakeholders to deliver high-quality software from concept through to production
- Making extensive use of Large Language Models and AI development tools to accelerate engineering, while applying sound technical judgement to review, optimise, and maintain generated code
- Building and maintaining cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices
- Designing and managing CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and secure software delivery
- Deploying and operating containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes (or similar orchestration platforms)
- Monitoring production systems, improving observability, and ensuring high availability, performance, and security
- Integrating third-party AI services and developing backend functionality powered by Large Language Models and AI agents
- Contributing to backend architecture, engineering standards, security, and platform scalability
- Helping shape the technical roadmap as the company expands its platform capabilities
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What They're Looking For
- Strong commercial experience as a Backend or Full Stack Engineer with a primary focus on Node.js
- Expert-level Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript experience
- Strong experience designing and building scalable APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Strong DevOps experience, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar), and cloud deployments
- Experience working with modern databases, including SQL and NoSQL technologies
- Hands-on experience working with AI technologies, including Large Language Models, AI agents, prompt engineering, or related tooling
- Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, security, and maintainable engineering practices
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, product-focused environment
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work remotely within a distributed team
- High levels of ownership, initiative, and a proactive approach to problem-solving
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Preferred Background
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline
- Strong academic pedigree, ideally from a leading university
- Experience working within high-growth technology businesses, venture-backed startups, or product-led software companies
- Experience with serverless architectures, event-driven systems, or message queues would be advantageous
- Exposure to healthcare, health tech, or regulated environments would be beneficial but is not essential
What's on Offer
- Fully remote role within the EU
- Opportunity to work on meaningful products with real-world impact
- Significant ownership and influence over technical direction
- Exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies and product development
- Competitive salary and benefits package
If you're interested in building AI-enabled products that can genuinely improve people's lives while working with a talented team, I'd be happy to share more details.
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