Role Overview
Michael Page is hiring a Lead Backend Engineer. This is a full-time remote role, with the team based in Remote. Part of Michael Page's Backend hiring, posted 2 days ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
- Global Impact Role
- High flexibility and work on leading edge tech
About Our Client
The employer is a large organization in the business services industry, specializing in providing tailored solutions to clients. The company is known for its focus on technology-driven innovations and its commitment to delivering high-quality services.
Job Description
- Lead the Design & Development - Architect, build, and deploy scalable, high-performance software solutions, covering both client-side and server-side applications.
- Technical Leadership - Guide the squad in technical decision-making, ensuring the team follows best practices in code quality, design patterns, architecture, security, and performance.
- Hands-On Engineering - Spend most of your time writing and reviewing code, designing APIs, and ensuring high-quality, maintainable software.
- Full Stack Development - Build any necessary user-interfaces in collaboration with our UX team, and develop well-functioning APIs, and services.
- Mentorship & Coaching - Support and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
- Cloud & Infrastructure - Deploy and manage applications on AWS using Terraform, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads.
- Quality & Testing - Champion Test-Driven Development (TDD), automated testing, and CI/CD, ensuring deployments are secure and reliable.
The Successful Applicant
A successful Lead Engineer should have:
- Tech stack - We use TypeScript (Node.js & React), AWS (EKS, Lambda, Aurora RDS),
Kubernetes, GraphQL, Kafka, Mongo. You're comfortable with all of these, and have
extensive knowledge of JavaScript more generally, the AWS ecosystem, and running
containerised applications.
- Past Experience - You are currently a Lead Engineer or Tech Lead, leading a small team of
software engineers.
- API & Database Development - You have experience building and running robust, always-on
APIs (both RESTful and GraphQL-based) and underlying services/apps including the
databases that underpin them.
- Test-Driven Development - You're very familiar with testing frameworks such as Jest and
Pact.
- Cloud & DevOps - You can build, deploy and run your systems end-to-end, with no manual
configuration or intervention. We use Terraform and Helm.
- CI/CD - You have plenty experience managing and configuring CI/CD pipelines (we use
GitHub Actions) for deployments.
- Observability Mindset - You believe in measuring everything. You've worked with DataDog (or
similar) to ensure your team has the necessary visibility into system health.
- Tooling & Collaboration - Comfortable working with Git, Confluence, Jira, and modern
engineering workflows.
- Mentorship & Leadership - You've mentored engineers at all levels, providing guidance,
reviewing designs, and ensuring your team stays on the right track.
- Self-Starter & Problem-Solver - Ability to take a product challenge and develop a working
technical solution, balancing pragmatism with engineering excellence.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary based on skills and experience.
- Comprehensive holiday leave and benefits package.
- Opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies in the business services industry.
- Supportive work culture that encourages professional growth.
- Permanent position offering job security and stability.
If you are passionate about technology and are looking for a challenging role in the business services industry, we encourage you to apply for the Lead Engineer position.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Lead Backend Engineer position at Michael Page?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Michael Page. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Is the Lead Backend Engineer role at Michael Page remote?
Yes. This is a remote role. The team is based in Remote, but the position itself does not require relocating to that office.
What does a Lead Backend Engineer at Michael Page earn?
Michael Page has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Lead Backend Engineer role at Michael Page posted?
This role was posted on June 11, 2026 (2 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
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