Lead Software Engineer - Backend Platform

About the role

Monks is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to drive the day-to-day technical direction and hands-on engineering for core platform services supporting a leading pharmaceutical rewards platform. The role is technical leadership without people-management duties, with a focus on collaboration and being a technical pillar of knowledge for the team.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, review and troubleshoot backend services using TypeScript and Node.js.
• Build and maintain robust distributed APIs using REST, GraphQL and gRPC.
• Lead technical execution across the core platform team and act as the go-to architectural reference.
• Optimise and manage database schemas and queries using PostgreSQL.
• Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS or GCP, Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Translate complex business, security and reliability requirements into maintainable platform architectures and API contracts.
• Collaborate with engineering managers and cross-functional teams on safe migrations, feature rollouts and system observability.
• Guide team members through design reviews, code reviews and shared technical ownership.

Required profile

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with substantial backend or platform engineering responsibility.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Proven expertise with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimisation.
• B2 level of English or higher, able to explain complex technical concepts clearly.

Required skills

• TypeScript and JavaScript, with production Node.js experience.
• Distributed APIs: REST, GraphQL or gRPC.
• Cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform.
• NestJS, event-driven architectures (e.g. Kafka), and enterprise identity tools (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect) are a plus.

Candidates should apply through the company's official careers page; applications are not accepted through other channels.