Senior Back End Developer

2 days p/month in Maidenhead (Remote otherwise)

Quarterly travel to Barcelona

My Product Path is partnered with an established leader in life safety and communication technology, hiring a Platform Engineer to help build and scale cloud-based platforms that support safety‑critical communication systems used in millions of buildings worldwide.

This is a senior, hands‑on engineering role with significant ownership – ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex backend problems while shaping real‑world systems that need to work reliably at scale.

About the Role

You’ll work closely with technical leadership to design and build the backend services powering a global platform. These systems handle device connectivity, real‑time communication, and operational telemetry and must perform reliably in environments where uptime matters.

You’ll spend most of your time building production‑grade services, while also contributing to architecture, reviewing engineering work, and helping guide technical standards across distributed teams and partners.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing, building, and shipping scalable backend services
• Owning complex problems across APIs, data flows, and system integration
• Contributing to platform architecture and technical decision‑making
• Improving reliability, observability, and operational readiness
• Reviewing code and designs from internal teams and external partners
• Ensuring systems are secure, maintainable, and production‑ready
• Working with cloud‑native tooling (Azure, containers, infrastructure as code)

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience building and operating backend or distributed systems in production
• Solid coding skills (ideally Python and/or Node.js)
• Experience designing service‑oriented architectures and APIs
• Hands‑on exposure to cloud environments (Azure preferred)
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
• Strong technical judgement and a pragmatic approach to trade‑offs
• Confidence in reviewing and guiding the work of other engineers
• Comfortable working in a hands‑on, senior individual contributor role

Why This Role?

• High‑impact platform used globally in real‑world, safety‑critical environments
• Strong technical ownership with the ability to shape system design
• Collaborative, engineering‑led culture with autonomy
• Remote with flexibility and international exposure
• Competitive salary + bonus + learning/certification support