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La Fosse

Full-Stack Engineer (backend) - Leading Entertainment Company - TypeScript/ Node.js/ AWS/ Event-Based

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

£ 70,000 /year

Full Time

05-02-2026

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Skills

TypeScript Architecture Autonomy node.js AWS Microservices

Job Specifications

One of our key clients (A commerce driven tech company in the entertainment space) are looking for a Backend leaning Full-Stack Engineer to work on their core product line.

It is a high‑scale and high‑traffic transactional platform with a global customer base.

This is a chance to join one of their product‑led engineering squads, working on services that sit right at the heart of a complex, event‑driven architecture.

You’ll collaborate closely with product, delivery, and other engineers to ship changes that are seen and felt immediately by customers.

What you’ll be working on

Building backend services in Node.js and TypeScript
Developing serverless systems using AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, eventing services)
Working with event‑driven architectures to support transactional and real‑time flows
Building and evolving APIs used by multiple internal and external consumers
Improving resilience, observability, and performance in high‑load environments
Contributing to technical decisions, code reviews, and continuous improvement within your squad

What they're looking for - a MID LEVEL ENGINEER (Backend focused)

Strong grounding in Node.js and TypeScript
Experience working with AWS/ Serverless/ Lambda
SNS, SQS, EventBridge
Comfortable building and consuming APIs
Familiarity with event‑driven systems or asynchronous messaging
DynamoDB
Microservices

Nice to have (but not essential)

React.js/ Next

How we work

Flexible hybrid arrangement - London office + remote options
Small, autonomous product squads under an Engineering Manager
A strong focus on clean code, collaboration, and learning
Engineering decisions made close to the teams doing the work

What’s on offer

£70,000 salary
Work on a real product at real scale
Ownership, autonomy, and room to grow technically
A supportive engineering culture that values quality and sustainability

About the Company

La Fosse is on a mission to help our customers achieve their ambitions, working by their side to create a total talent solution from the classroom to the boardroom. Our vision is simple: to lead by example to achieve a change in the standards of care within our industry. We partner with our customers to build solutions for their business and people challenges, leveraging our recruitment, academy, solutions, and executive search offerings. Our expert teams work at all levels on a permanent, contract, interim, and executive ... Know more