Senior Backend Developer (Loved wardrobes start here.)

Join Whering, a sustainable fashion app, as a Senior Backend Developer. You'll design and build scalable backend services, own our GCP infrastructure, and lead system design and architecture decisions. Enjoy a 4-day work week, unlimited holidays, and a hybrid working model.

Missions

• Design and build scalable backend services in NestJS that power the Whering app for millions of users.
• Own our GCP infrastructure, from Cloud Run and Cloud Functions to Firestore and Compute Engine.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that keep deployments fast and automated.

Profil recherché

• You have deep backend experience in TypeScript and NestJS (or a comparable Node.js framework)
• You've designed and built well-structured RESTful APIs for mobile apps and third-party integrations
• You have hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, including Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and Firestore
• You have solid DevOps experience, including setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions or similar)
• You've implemented monitoring, logging, and alerting to keep production systems reliable
• You're confident in database design, data modelling, and query optimisation
• You've led technical discussions and made architectural decisions on scalable systems
• You have the right to work in the United Kingdom

Nice to have:

• You've built event-driven architectures using BullMQ/Redis or similar
• You've debugged complex issues across distributed systems and microservices
• You've mentored other developers through code reviews
• You've evaluated and integrated third-party services and APIs
• You've worked in a fast-paced startup or early-stage environment
• You're passionate about sustainable fashion and our mission to help people buy better, not more