Islacare

Backend Engineer

• Own the platform & infrastructure: Lead the architecture, security, and stability of our GCP platform, ensuring it is built for 100% YoY growth.
• Lead the backend team: Manage and inspire a high-performance team of senior and mid-level backend engineers (3-5 people), fostering a culture of engineering excellence that balances pace with uncompromising quality.
• Drive platform efficiency: Act as the primary steward for technical cost-optimisation and resource management, ensuring the platform scales efficiently as our user base grows.
• Architect complex integrations: Design robust systems to handle deep integrations with external partner APIs, managing diverse authentication mechanisms and resilient data patterns.
• Drive technical strategy: Act as a key partner to the CTO and Director of Engineering (currently also being hired), aligning technical execution with business objectives.
• Embed operational excellence: Refine best-in-class engineering practices - including IaC via Terraform, CI/CD, and security audit readiness - to prevent major production incidents.
• Lead AI workflows: Act as an authority to drive agentic workflows forwards across the team

Lead Backend Engineer

Director

• You’ll own the Engineering Function: Lead, scale, and inspire the entire engineering team, driving a high-performance culture that balances aggressive weekly delivery with uncompromising quality.
• Plan for scale: Strategically plan and execute a technology roadmap that maintains system stability and performance as we continue to double our activity year-over-year.
• Drive technical strategy: Act as a proactive product partner, aligning technical execution with business objectives to support our rapid expansion into the NHS and international markets.
• Embed operational excellence: Refine best-in-class engineering practices—including CI/CD, rigorous testing, and code review standards—to ensure zero major production incidents during rapid deployment.