Principal Backend Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary technical partner for the CTO in backend engineering.

• Define the strategy, architecture, and technical direction for backend engineering.

• Assist engineers in making improved technical and architectural choices.

• Establish engineering principles and guidelines.

• Lead the transition of the monolithic structure to a modern service-oriented platform.

• Mentor and coach engineers, enhancing their technical abilities and judgment.

• Evaluate and review significant designs and architectural choices.

• Advocate for security, quality, testing, observability, resilience, and performance.

• Identify potential technical risks and assist teams in managing them.

• Assess technologies and methodologies based on their benefits to SchemeServe.

• Strike a balance between long-term engineering quality and immediate business requirements.

• Prototype and investigate challenging issues or assist teams in overcoming obstacles when necessary.

• Occasionally engage directly in implementation tasks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive expertise in modern backend engineering, with substantial commercial experience in C#/.NET.

• Profound understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and API design.

• Experience with both mature legacy applications and contemporary service-oriented architectures.

• Strong background in cloud architecture, preferably with Azure.

• Comprehensive knowledge of databases, security, testing, maintainability, and contemporary software delivery practices.

• Proven experience in shaping engineering principles and practices across diverse teams.

• A history of enhancing engineers through mentoring, coaching, and providing technical leadership.

• Capability to constructively challenge seasoned engineers without acting as a gatekeeper.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence without relying on authority.

• Exceptional technical judgment, balancing quality, complexity, risk, cost, and business value.

• Must reside in the UK and possess the right to work there.

• Visa sponsorship or relocation is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment.

• Biannual company retreats.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Dedicated support for professional development.

• Paid days for charitable activities.

• A friendly, supportive, and highly collaborative workplace culture.

• Genuine opportunity to influence engineering practices at SchemeServe.

• Direct collaboration with the CTO on engineering strategy and innovation.

• Monthly deliveries of biscuits.

• Complimentary books.

• Mentoring opportunities.

• Support for professional growth.