Our client, a forward-thinking company in the technology sector, is currently seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join their dynamic team. This permanent, full-time position offers the flexibility of working from their London office or remotely.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect, design, and build scalable backend systems and APIs across our stack, from architecture through to production.
- Design and maintain microservice and event-driven architectures supporting real-time operational workflows.
- Lead a small team of engineers, driving their delivery and reviewing their work, while being accountable for what ships.
- Set the standard for building with agentic AI, including workflows and team-wide patterns.
- Contribute to technical strategy and architecture decisions, working closely with the Head of Engineering.
- Maintain secure, performant, and maintainable systems, ensuring reliable data pipelines as we scale.
- Engage closely with product workflows to ensure systems built solve the right problems.
Job Requirements:
- Experience in software engineering, ideally in AI, SaaS, or automation platforms.
- A strong degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Proven ability as a lead engineer, ready to own technical direction for major projects.
- Deep expertise in Node.js and NestJS, with experience in designing and building RESTful APIs and microservice-based systems.
- Experience with Next.js is highly desirable.
- An innovative approach to AI, using agentic AI tools like Claude Code and workflows as standard practice.
- A startup mentality, thriving in small, fast-paced teams with a high degree of autonomy.
- Proven leadership skills, guiding both in-person and remote engineers effectively.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and equity
- Flexible working arrangements: London office or remote
- Real technical ownership from day one
- Direct access to the founders
If you are an experienced platform engineer looking for a challenging role with significant ownership and the opportunity to work in an innovative environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's talented team.
