Team RH

Senior Backend Engineer

Team RH  •  Gateshead, GB (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to take technical ownership of one of our backend platform domains in Gateshead. In this hands-on leadership role, you will be the trusted technical authority, setting direction, defining standards, and ensuring quality across our Go and TypeScript services on AWS. This position is crucial for driving our engineering excellence and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

  • Own technical direction for the backend platform — architecture, coding standards, and how services are designed and evolved
  • Build and evolve production-grade services in Go and TypeScript across AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS, and RDS/Aurora
  • Make architectural decisions with clear reasoning, balancing delivery pace with long-term maintainability
  • Drive quality through code review, testing culture, and engineering practices
  • Mentor and coach backend engineers — helping them grow their skills and careers
  • Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Product, and other platform Leads to align on shared standards
  • Manage technical debt strategically and champion continuous improvement

Qualifications:

  • Production-grade experience in Go — designed and shipped backend services at scale
  • Experience with TypeScript in a backend context (Node.js, shared libraries, or tooling)
  • Deep familiarity with AWS — Lambda, ECS/EKS, and RDS/Aurora
  • A track record of technical leadership: setting standards and raising the bar for others
  • Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in an agile, product-led environment is desirable
  • Knowledge of AWS messaging (EKS, SQS, SNS, EventBridge) and Aurora performance tuning is a plus
Team RH

About Team RH

We’re a UK-based digital health and fitness company on a mission to help people lose weight for life — without the fads, fluff, or false promises.

With the Team RH app, members get a personalised nutrition plan, expert coaching, and the tools to learn as they go. We’ve already helped over 500,000 people transform their habits, improve their health, and take back control for good.

Industry
Arts & Entertainment
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Gateshead, GB
Year Founded
2014
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