Lead Back End Engineer - Interquest : Job Details

Job Title: Lead Back-End Engineer

Location: Worksop (on-site) or Fully Remote

Salary: £75,000 (flexible for the right candidate)

Are you an experienced Back-End Engineer passionate about designing scalable solutions with cutting-edge technology? Join a profitable, forward-thinking tech company that’s tackling customs challenges with a groundbreaking white-label platform.

Why Work With Us?

• Impactful Product: Help solve complex customs challenges for over 500 leading customers and intermediaries.
• Modern Tech Stack: Work with a state-of-the-art backend built on cloud, DevOps, Kubernetes, and Node.js—without the burden of legacy code.
• Flexible Work Setup: Enjoy the option to work on-site in Worksop or fully remote.

What You'll Do

As a Lead Back-End Engineer, you’ll architect, develop, and maintain our back-end infrastructure, implementing best practices and leading a team to ensure performance, scalability, and reliability.

Key Qualifications

• Experience: 10-15+ years in back-end development, with a focus on Node.js and SQL, and proven experience leading complex projects.
• Core Skills: Expertise in Node.js, SQL (with experience in stored procedures), and microservices architecture.
• Database Proficiency: Strong SQL skills, particularly in managing and optimizing stored procedures within a microservices environment.
• API Design and Integration: Experience with RESTful API design, integration, and handling data across microservices.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Familiar with testing frameworks and committed to delivering high-quality, well-tested code.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary up to £75K (flexible for the right person).
• Opportunity to work with a cutting-edge product, built on modern architecture.
• A flexible work environment that empowers your creativity and technical leadership.

If you’re ready to bring your back-end expertise to a pioneering company and make an impact in a fast-growing industry, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team and help drive the future of customs technology.

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.