Backend Cloud Engineer

About the role

An engineering role building and running microservices behind an API-first, headless commerce platform, with room to work remotely or from an office.

What you will do

• Find and deliver the best cloud-based solutions for the software within the engineering team
• Design, deploy and operate microservices powering the headless API
• Set out, introduce and document best practices and strategies
• Keep applications performant, available and able to scale, with strong code quality and careful design
• Take part across the whole development lifecycle, from planning and requirements to testing and quality assurance

What they look for

• Experience with Node.js and TypeScript, or alternatively .NET or Java
• Hands-on work with a cloud platform such as Google Cloud, AWS or Azure
• Practical DevOps experience with CI/CD tools like GitLab, GitHub Actions or Bitbucket Pipelines, plus Docker, Kubernetes or Pulumi/Terraform
• Comfort in a multidisciplinary team facing fresh challenges daily
• Strong communication, initiative, flexibility and attention to detail

Nice to have

• Some exposure to message brokers like RabbitMQ or event streaming such as Kafka
• Use of AI tools and agents such as Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Benefits

• Work from anywhere policy with hybrid office and remote balance
• A fully equipped office setup