Storyteq is looking for a Lead Backend Software Engineer to act as the technical lead for a team focused on backend services powering a large-scale Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform. You will be responsible for technical direction, building scalable services, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high engineering standards.

What You'll Do

Take ownership of technical direction and architecture within the team
Build and ship robust backend services with real product impact
Ensure backend systems are scalable, performant, and easy to maintain
Guide engineers through technical decisions and mentor them in best practices
Collaborate with other teams to integrate services and deliver end-to-end value
Model business domains into clean, efficient data structures
Lead by example in engineering excellence, pragmatism, and shared ownership

What We're Looking For

Experience leading technical delivery within a team or project
Confident in making architectural decisions and communicating trade-offs
Comfortable mentoring and supporting engineers to help them grow
5+ years of hands-on experience delivering backend or full-stack products with TypeScript and JavaScript
Strong backend development skills with Node.js
Solid experience designing and integrating REST and/or GraphQL APIs
Comfortable working in monorepo environments and modular architectures
Proficient in data modeling and working with SQL/NoSQL databases
Familiar with testing practices, performance tuning, and scalable design principles
Experience working in SaaS or product-based environments
Proactive, result-driven, and excited to work in a fast-growing tech scale-up
Strong team player who values collaboration and shared success

Nice to Have

Hands-on with DAM concepts like versioning, metadata, and access control
Designed or contributed to asset pipelines for processing, optimizing, and delivering media content
Built systems for secure, performant asset access at scale

Technical Stack

TypeScript, JavaScript
Node.js
REST APIs, GraphQL APIs
SQL/NoSQL databases

Team & Environment

Part of the Assets domain, working closely with engineering peers, product managers, and architects.

Benefits & Compensation

25 days’ holiday + bank holidays
Annual Wellbeing Day
Pension Scheme
Corporate Medical Cash Plan
Employee savings via online community platform
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Monthly Employee Awards with £250 bonus
Paid Volunteer Day
Employee Referral scheme (£1,000 bonus)
Wellbeing Programme with workshops and champions
Enhanced Family Friendly Leave

Work Mode

This role is local-country within the UK.

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