Software Engineer - Node
- Negotiable
- Alderley Edge, Cheshire
- Permanent
About the Company
A global data, analytics and technology organisation providing services in credit, fraud prevention, identity verification, risk management, automated decisioning and consumer insights.
The Role
We are looking for a Software Developer to join a growing Integrations and Decisioning engineering team. This role focuses on building and supporting reliable backend systems and services that power critical decisioning and data integrations.
You will collaborate with internal teams and clients to design, develop and maintain high-quality systems while contributing to improvements in reliability, performance and engineering practices.
Key Responsibilities
Design and build reliable backend services and infrastructure tooling
Write high-quality, maintainable code using Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Develop and maintain automated test suites
Own the reliability, observability and performance of key services
Work directly with clients to understand requirements, investigate issues and propose solutions
Improve system architecture, automation and deployment processes
Support and mentor junior developers where appropriate
Take ownership of technical challenges and drive solutions through to completion
Essential Skills & Experience
Strong programming skills in Node.js or a similar backend language
Experience using TDD and automated testing practices
Comfortable working with clients to gather requirements and troubleshoot issues
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Clear and effective communication skills (written and verbal)
Desirable Skills
Experience supporting backend systems in production environments
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS or GCP)
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling
Experience designing systems that operate under sustained load
Contributions to internal developer tooling or open-source projects
Experience working with large datasets or machine learning models