Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

OCHO are searching for a Staff Software Engineer to join a fast-scaling engineering team working on the next evolution of a cloud-native platform. This is a senior technical role where you'll combine hands-on development with leadership, helping to shape architecture, guide teams, and deliver features that operate at real-world scale. This role will offer the successful candidate "remote first" and hybrid options. Rare in this market.

The Opportunity

• Build and evolve distributed backend services in a modern cloud ecosystem.

• Work with high-scale data, event-driven systems and complex integration's.

• Lead by example - writing production code, setting technical standards, and mentoring engineers.

• Collaborate with Product and Design to take ideas from concept through to delivery.

• Influence the technical direction of the platform while improving how the team delivers.

Tech Environment

• Languages/Frameworks: Python (open to Go, Java, Scala, C#, TypeScript etc.)

• Cloud & Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation

• Data & Messaging: Kafka, Kinesis, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, GraphQL/REST

• Patterns: Event-driven architecture, high-scale data processing, service-oriented systems

What You'll Bring

• 8+ years' experience building production-grade software at scale.

• Strong background in backend development with modern OO languages.

• Experience designing for scale, resilience and performance.

• Practical knowledge of event-driven and distributed architectures.

• Familiarity with observability, monitoring and CI/CD.

• Ability to mentor, coach and raise engineering standards.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of GraphQL, streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis) or service-oriented architectures.

• Experience with Kubernetes or similar containerisation platforms.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive base salary and market-leading equity package

• Private medical and dental insurance (employee + dependants).

• Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%.

• Group life assurance and income protection.

• Access to mental health support, virtual GP, physiotherapy, and counselling.

• Inclusive, diverse environment where you\'ll have the freedom to shape how things are built.

The salary package will be tailored to attract the very best local candidates.

If you\'re a hands-on engineer who loves solving hard problems at scale and wants to play a leading role in building modern, event-driven systems - reach out to Ryan Quinn on LinkedIn.

Skills: Python AWS Event Driven

Benefits: Work From Home