Lead Backend and Platform Engineer

Lead Backend and Platform Engineer Role Overview: This is a full-time opportunity. Salary: €92,000 - €110,000 Location: Remote — IrelandAbout the RoleWe are seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to spearhead the technical implementation and scalability of our cloud infrastructure. In this vital role, you will serve as the technical authority for our backend team, ensuring that our Digital Pathway Platform is designed for optimal scalability across international healthcare systems.This leadership position is crucial for driving technical excellence and will have a significant impact on improving the lives of millions of patients by enabling a cutting-edge asynchronous and remote healthcare delivery model.Key ResponsibilitiesPlatform Ownership: Lead the architecture, security, and stability of our GCP platform, preparing it for sustained growth of 100% YoY.Team Leadership: Inspire and manage a high-performance backend engineering team (3-5 members), cultivating a culture that prioritizes both speed and quality.Efficiency Optimization: Act as the primary driver for technical cost management and resource allocation to ensure efficient scaling as our user base expands.Integration Architecture: Design robust systems capable of deep integrations with external partner APIs, effectively managing various authentication mechanisms and resilient data strategies.Technical Strategy: Collaborate closely with the CTO and Director of Engineering (currently being hired) to align technical execution with overarching business goals.Operational Excellence: Implement best practices in engineering, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CI/CD processes, and security readiness to mitigate major production incidents.AI Workflow Leadership: Champion innovative agentic workflows within the team.Why This Opportunity Stands OutWe are on the frontier of developing a new healthcare operating model that emphasizes remote, asynchronous, and increasingly personalized care. You will be instrumental in building the infrastructure that facilitates this transformation. This role offers a unique chance to exercise genuine technical ownership over a mission-critical platform.About UsIsla Health is a venture-backed health tech startup, committed to supporting our partners across the UK, EU, and internationally. We are focused on revolutionizing healthcare delivery through innovation and technology.

Join Primark as a Data Platform & Engineering Lead and drive the evolution of our data architecture and engineering practices. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dynamic team focused on building robust data platforms that support our expansive retail operations. Your expertise will guide the development of innovative data solutions, ensuring data integrity, scalability, and availability.

Join Contentful as a Senior Backend Engineer and play a pivotal role in our AI Platform team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services that power our innovative solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative environment.

At Manna, we’re revolutionizing delivery services by taking them to the skies. Our ambitious mission is to make high-speed delivery in suburban areas not only affordable but also environmentally friendly and safe. We design and manufacture our own aviation-grade drones, delivering food, groceries, coffee, and more directly from local vendors to customers’ doors within minutes.Our team embodies principles of Impact, Safety, and Authenticity. We believe that the best ideas come from collaborative team players who are passionate about their work. We move quickly, embrace a growth mindset, and are committed to continuous improvement in everything we do.If you’re eager to create technology that has a meaningful impact on the world—and enjoy a fun work environment while doing it—you’ll fit right in at Manna.Welcome to Manna — where we deliver the future.Role PurposeWe are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to evolve our data infrastructure. This role combines hands-on data engineering with the responsibility of managing our core data platform, utilizing Postgres and Snowflake. You will build scalable data pipelines, manage database performance, and enable analytics and AI applications across the organization. Collaborating with engineering, analytics, and leadership, you will help shape data architecture, enhance data quality, and meet our growing data needs.Key ResponsibilitiesOversee and manage production, development, and reporting Postgres databases.Develop and improve the data platform architecture across Postgres and Snowflake.Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines from raw files and source systems.Optimize data models for analytics and reporting purposes.Ensure Snowflake performance and cost efficiency.Monitor and enhance Postgres performance (including query tuning, indexing, and scaling).Guarantee data platform security, access control, and governance.Establish and uphold data engineering standards, best practices, and documentation.Introduce monitoring, alerting, and observability across data systems.Collaborate with teams to understand and deliver on their data requirements.Support AI and advanced data use cases by managing high-quality datasets.Act as a key technical authority for data platform decisions and direction.

Join MongoDB, a leader in the database market, as we revolutionize the way developers create and manage applications. Our distributed systems support mission-critical services for thousands of customers worldwide.We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to become part of our Cloud Core Alerts Platform team. You will be instrumental in designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems that can process millions of events and alerts in real-time.This role is based in Dublin, where we embrace a hybrid working model.Our domain includes:Alert Streaming Systems: Real-time alerting pipelines using Apache Flink and Amazon Kinesis, delivering critical insights for MongoDB Atlas customers.Event Systems: SOA-based event platforms utilizing gRPC and streaming architectures to efficiently manage the MongoDB activity feed at scale.Communication Systems: Distributed services that ensure reliable delivery of alert notifications across multiple channels (email, SMS, Slack, PagerDuty).Third-Party Integrations: Secure management of customer credentials and seamless integration with external observability providers, ensuring encryption both at rest and in transit.Cross-team Collaboration: Working closely with the broader Customer Observability teams to provide unified telemetry and monitoring experiences.What you'll do:Design and develop distributed systems capable of processing millions of events per second while maintaining high availability and low latency.Lead projects from design to production, ensuring scalability, observability, and operational excellence.Enhance our streaming alerting and eventing platforms to improve reliability, throughput, and the overall developer experience.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate alerting, event, and communication services into the broader customer observability ecosystem.Create secure, multi-tenant integrations with third-party providers, handling sensitive customer credentials with care.Promote best practices in distributed systems design, focusing on resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance.Mentor and guide fellow engineers, sharing expertise in distributed architectures and streaming technologies.

Jobgether is looking for a Backend Engineer based in Ireland. This position centers on developing and maintaining server-side applications that support the platform’s core services. Role overview This role focuses on building reliable backend systems. The Backend Engineer will contribute to the stability and performance of applications that power Jobgether’s offerings. What you will do Develop and maintain server-side software components Work with backend technologies to deliver software solutions Help ensure applications meet the needs of Jobgether users Requirements Experience with backend development Ability to build and maintain server-side applications

At Gong, we leverage cutting-edge AI technology to redefine how revenue teams achieve success. Our Gong Revenue AI Operating System seamlessly integrates data, insights, and workflows, providing a unified platform that observes, guides, and collaborates with some of the world’s most dynamic revenue teams. With the Gong Revenue Graph at its core, our AI-driven intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications empower over 5,000 companies globally to gain profound insights into their teams and customers, automate vital sales processes, and close more deals efficiently. Discover more at www.gong.io.Joining Gong means becoming part of an innovative company driven by ambitious objectives and a passionate workforce. We are at the forefront of the revenue intelligence revolution, and we seek individuals who are eager to help build the future. Collaborate with a team that dreams big, works swiftly, and values craftsmanship and camaraderie. Transparency and trust are foundational to our operations, and every team member is empowered to make a significant impact. If you are looking to grow, take on challenges, and contribute to meaningful work, Gong is the perfect environment to advance your career.Are you ready to play a crucial role in shaping the future of Gong’s ecosystem as part of our new team at our Dublin R&D hub?The Comms Capture team is at the heart of Gong's data infrastructure – managing the data pipeline that captures customer interactions from external communication systems (emails, calendars, phone/web conferencing, and texts). These pipelines are live, utilized by all of Gong’s clients, and serve as the foundation for a diverse array of Gong’s products.NOTE: This position is hybrid (3 days in the Dublin office and 2 days remote).Engage with complex, large-scale backend systems.Implement new features, enhance existing functionalities, and troubleshoot issues within a live, extensive system while maintaining a seamless customer experience.Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud technologies.Establish and maintain integration infrastructure that facilitates third-party applications in connecting with Gong and expanding its capabilities.Create generic, modular API interfaces that cater to a wide spectrum of future use cases, ensuring flexibility and reusability.Strengthen system security, ensuring Gong’s external-facing capabilities remain robust and secure.

Join Starling Bank, the UK's pioneering digital bank, dedicated to revolutionizing the banking experience! Our goal is to leverage cutting-edge technology, provide fair service, and uphold honest values, all accessible through your mobile device.As a fully licensed UK bank, we embody the innovative spirit of a tech company, offering a fairer, user-friendly approach to banking that simplifies money management for everyone.With over 3,000 employees across our locations in London, Southampton, Cardiff, and Manchester, our talented technologists are at the core of our mission, thriving in a fast-paced environment focused on creativity, innovation, and the latest advancements in fintech. We promote a flat organizational structure, empowering you to make impactful decisions while collaborating with your team for optimal results.At Starling, we value self-drive and ownership, encouraging you to engage in building, designing, discovering, and sharing knowledge to ensure efficiency and productivity in delivering exceptional customer outcomes. Our guiding principles are embodied in our five core values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.Hybrid WorkingStarling embraces a Hybrid work model, ideally requiring you to be within a commutable distance to one of our offices for in-person collaboration. In the Technology department, we ask for a minimum of one day per week in the office.Our Data EnvironmentThe Data teams at Starling focus on various Banking Services & Products, Customer Identity & Financial Crime, and Data & ML Engineering. We are passionate about providing valuable insights to both our business and our customers. Explore more about our team in our latest blogs or through our case studies with Women in Tech.We invite talented data professionals at all levels to join our dynamic team. We appreciate individuals who are engaged, customer-focused, and take pride in their contributions.

Role overview Jobgether is looking for a Staff Engineer to focus on its Data Platform. This senior engineering role involves shaping and advancing the data infrastructure that underpins Jobgether’s products and services. What you will do Design and build data systems that can handle increasing business demands. Improve the reliability and performance of core data infrastructure. Collaborate with engineering, product, and other teams to move data initiatives forward. Enhance the platform’s capabilities to support both new and ongoing projects. Location This position is based in Ireland.

Intercom is a leading AI Customer Service company dedicated to empowering businesses to deliver exceptional customer experiences.Our AI agent, Fin, stands out as the most sophisticated customer service AI available, enabling businesses to offer round-the-clock, flawless customer service and significantly enhance their customer interaction quality. Fin can be integrated with our Helpdesk to form the Intercom Customer Service Suite, delivering AI-powered assistance for more intricate or personalized inquiries needing human intervention.Founded in 2011 and trusted by nearly 30,000 businesses across the globe, Intercom is redefining customer service standards. Guided by our core values, we continually push boundaries, build with urgency and precision, and consistently provide outstanding value to our customers.What’s the opportunity?Intercom’s websites, including intercom.com and fin.ai, serve as vital growth drivers for the company — facilitating storytelling, branding, experimentation, and product discovery. As our Lead Principal Engineer, you will be instrumental in shaping the technical direction and architectural advancement of our web platform and systems.You will serve as the technical lead across our marketing and growth web surfaces. This role involves cross-functional engineering leadership, collaborating with marketing, analytics, design, data science, and engineering teams to ensure our web stack is contemporary, efficient, measurable, and enjoyable to work on.Your role will entail a high degree of autonomy where you will be responsible for establishing the long-term technical strategy for the team and executing it effectively.What will I be doing?As a senior technical leader, you will:Oversee and advance the architecture of Intercom’s web stack.Define the long-term technical strategy for the web team, prioritizing scalability, performance, developer productivity, observability, and system reliability.Work closely with marketing, design, analytics, and data science teams to ensure the platform accurately supports their objectives with efficiency and agility.Lead and steer the design and implementation of MarTech systems for event tracking, attribution, funnel reporting, A/B testing infrastructure, and more.Collaborate with engineers across web, infrastructure, and data to develop a high-quality, unified technical ecosystem.Mentor and elevate engineers across the team and organization — providing insights on architecture, data modeling, and best practices.

Jobgether is looking for a Multicloud Platform Engineer based in Ireland. This position centers on designing, building, and managing cloud solutions that span several platforms. Role overview Work closely with colleagues from different teams to integrate services across cloud environments. The focus is on creating systems that perform reliably and scale smoothly as needs grow. What you will do Design and implement solutions that use multiple cloud platforms Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate services Optimize performance and scalability while following established best practices

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Engineer specializing in Infrastructure Platforms. You will play a crucial role in shaping our infrastructure, enhancing our scalability and performance. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust systems that support our growing user base.As a Senior Engineer, you will be expected to leverage your extensive experience in software engineering, systems architecture, and cloud technologies to drive innovation within our infrastructure.

Join our dynamic team at Toast as a Senior Backend Software Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in designing and developing innovative backend solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create efficient and scalable systems that enhance our platform’s performance and user experience.Your expertise in backend technologies will drive the development of robust software applications, ensuring high availability and performance. Be part of a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous learning.

Semperis develops enterprise security and identity solutions, with a focus on creating an environment where employees feel valued and supported. The company has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and is listed as a DUNS 100 Top Startup to Work For. Semperis has also received the Inc. Best Workplace award multiple times. Role overview The Platform Group at Semperis is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer based in Dublin, Ireland. This position centers on designing and building shared infrastructure components that underpin the company’s security and identity products. The role blends hands-on engineering with teamwork across product, DevOps, and architecture groups. What you will do Design and implement shared platform components to support scalability, reliability, and maintainability for several product teams. Architect distributed systems using microservices and event-driven approaches for enterprise-scale workloads. Own key backend services throughout their lifecycle, focusing on code quality, performance, and operational standards. Collaborate with product engineers, DevOps, and architects to define platform features and set technical guidelines. Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical advice. Lead technical projects aimed at improving developer productivity, system observability, and platform resilience. Contribute to architectural decisions and help define backend development best practices across the company. Analyze system performance and data trends to identify optimization opportunities and guide future platform investments. Requirements Minimum 7 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on backend development. Expertise in C# and .NET Core, including familiarity with recent framework enhancements and performance features.

Affinidi develops technology that puts data ownership back in the hands of users and organizations. The company’s products use decentralized digital identity to help people and businesses manage their information securely and privately. By building tools that enable trusted exchange of digital credentials, Affinidi supports secure data sharing across industries and borders. Role overview The Senior Backend Engineer (Rust) will join the engineering team in Dublin. This position focuses on designing and building scalable backend systems that power Affinidi’s digital identity offerings. The work emphasizes backend performance, reliability, and maintainability, with Rust as the primary development language. What you will do Design and implement backend systems to support digital identity products Write and maintain code in Rust, ensuring quality and performance Collaborate with other engineers to solve backend challenges and improve system reliability Requirements Strong hands-on experience with Rust in a production environment Background in building scalable and reliable backend systems Solution-oriented mindset when approaching engineering problems Work location: Dublin, Ireland

At ClickUp, we’re not just developing software; we’re crafting the future of work! In a world inundated with work sprawl, we envisioned a better solution. That's why we engineered the first truly integrated AI workspace, combining tasks, documents, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all enhanced by context-driven AI. This empowers millions of teams to break free from silos, reclaim their time, and reach new heights of productivity. At ClickUp, you have the unique opportunity to learn, apply, and innovate with AI in ways that will not only shape our product but also redefine the future of work. Join us and be a part of a courageous, forward-thinking team that’s challenging the status quo! We are looking for outstanding backend engineers to join our Meetings team! This team is at the forefront of collaboration—enabling real-time communication, seamless integrations, and smart features that enhance the productivity of every meeting. We are particularly keen on engineers with a background in AI voice transcription, speech-to-text, or related technologies who are excited about building scalable, high-performance systems capable of processing millions of audio events and transcripts daily.If you thrive on designing robust APIs, optimizing distributed systems, and working at the nexus of AI and productivity, we would love to hear from you!

Founded in 2018 with dual headquarters in Dublin and Boston, Tines is at the forefront of streamlining crucial workflows through our intelligent workflow platform. By integrating AI, automation, and human creativity, we facilitate substantial business outcomes.We cater to a wide array of clients, from ambitious startups to established public companies, including notable names like Canva, Databricks, Elastic, Kayak, Intercom, and McKesson. Our vendor-agnostic approach allows seamless integration with any API-enabled service, empowering our clients to realize their highest-priority objectives with speed and efficiency. Moreover, Tines is designed with security and privacy at its core, making it a preferred choice for security, IT, engineering, finance, and other risk-conscious teams.At Tines, our guiding principles of Simplicity, Speed, and Soundness drive us to deliver outstanding customer experiences while cultivating a workplace culture that celebrates curiosity, growth, and integrity. We are excited about the future and invite talented individuals to join us on this journey.In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the enhancement of our backend job processing engine, focusing on scalability and performance. As a member of our expanding software engineering team, your responsibilities will extend beyond a single component of our product or technology stack.This position transcends mere code writing; you will play a crucial role in influencing our technical direction, product evolution, and company culture. Our engineering team is collaborative and supportive, taking pride in our collective accomplishments and the challenges we tackle. We are committed to nurturing each other’s skills and creating an environment conducive to producing our best work.Location:This role is fully remote, allowing you to work from anywhere in Ireland. You also have the option to utilize our office space in Dublin for team meetups when desired.In this role, you will:Collaborate closely with team members to devise optimal solutions for our customers' challenges.Implement meaningful changes to our codebase within your first week, with rapid deployment to production.Shape the workflow execution process at the core of our system, helping us power the world’s most important workflows.Write and review high-quality, thoroughly tested code to ensure a stable product for our customers and a manageable codebase for our team.Identify opportunities for improvement within our codebase and operational processes.

Join Rent The Runway as a Software Engineer III specializing in FullStack and BackEnd development. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable web applications that enhance our customer experience. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions and contribute to our mission of making fashion accessible for all.

Join Squarespace as our inaugural Staff Engineer for the newly established Websites Fundamentals platform team in Dublin. In this pivotal role, you will serve as the primary technical leader, laying the foundation for the platform that supports our product ecosystem. You will tackle complex, low-level architectural challenges that enhance technical efficiency and enable our engineering teams to operate with exceptional speed.Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing high-performance, scalable solutions that will support our future growth. Collaborating with senior technical leaders, you will define a sustainable long-term technical roadmap for the Platform team, ensuring that all engineering decisions reflect our commitment to enduring ownership.As a strategist, you will also remain hands-on, demonstrating best practices by writing clean, resilient code for our most intricate foundational needs. Your success will be gauged by the ease you create for your peers. By reinforcing our core platform, you will establish the abstractions that allow engineers to focus on innovation rather than being bogged down by complex dependencies and the intricate health of our platform.You will act as the principal technical partner for the emerging team, setting benchmarks for engineering excellence and operational rigor.This position reports directly to the Engineering Manager for Websites Applications in Dublin. This is a hybrid role, requiring you to work in our Dublin office three days a week.

About the CompanyAffinidi is a pioneering technology firm focused on revolutionizing data ownership. Our mission is to empower individuals and businesses with autonomy over their data, providing a holistic approach to identity management that prioritizes privacy and security.Our innovative technology facilitates decentralized digital identity solutions. We advocate for the fundamental right of everyone to own and control their data. Our commitment lies in building a trustworthy ecosystem for digital credentials, enabling secure data and service exchanges across various industries and borders.About the Role: We are seeking a solution-driven Senior Backend Engineer with proven experience in Rust. You will play a pivotal role in developing backend systems that underpin our decentralized identity solutions, contributing to a future where individuals have full control over their data.