Senior Backend Engineer, Loomery
Permanent
£70-85k
2-3 days a week in office (Bloomsbury, London)
Product agency for tech powered businesses
Posted today
Product agency for tech powered businesses
21-100 employees
Posted today
£70-85k
2-3 days a week in office (Bloomsbury, London)
21-100 employees
Company mission
Our team of strategic makers partner with you to build, learn and innovate at pace creating next generation digital products.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive backend engineering experience with a track record of shipping high-quality products at scale
- Technical leadership experience – you've guided technical decisions and influenced engineering culture
- Polyglot developer with deep expertise in at least one primary technology stack (TypeScript/Node.js/AWS is one we work with this most frequently, but not always)
- Product mindset – you think through customer experience and business needs first, then determine the technical solution
- Excellent communication skills – you can explain complex technical concepts to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Adaptability – you're comfortable working across different technologies, languages, and problem domains
Desirable
- Experience developing with AI/ML and emerging technologies
- Mobile development experience (native or cross-platform)
- Client-facing experience in consultancy or agency environments
- Startup or scale-up experience in fast-moving environments
- Interest in spatial computing, AR/VR or other cutting-edge tech
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to set the technical standards for backend development across all our client engagements. This is a hands-on role where you'll split your time between technical leadership and writing code
- Leading technical delivery for our clients, architecting and building robust backend services that scale
- Working in cross-functional teams, alongside other disciplines like product managers, user researchers, designers, mobile engineers and more
- Setting engineering standards across Loomery’s community of practice, establishing best practices and technical excellence
- Mentoring and developing others, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth
- Supporting business development by contributing technical expertise to sales pitches and client conversations
- Balancing strategy with execution – one day you might be designing system architecture, the next debugging production issues
- Building for the future with emerging technologies including AI, spatial computing, and next-gen platforms
Application process
- Initial conversation (30 mins) to get to know each other with our Talent Lead
- Technical interview (60 mins) complete a code review task (shared in advance), and answer questions focusing on architecture and leadership scenarios with 2 Loomery engineers
- Final stage interview (60 mins) with one of our founders, Brett or Tim, and another member of the team from outside Engineering
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Developing a killer SaaS product idea is one thing, but building it to scale before the competition is very much another. Loomery offers a boutique strategic makers network that partners with companies and startups to accelerate their product development.
Having worked with the likes of Diageo, Aviva, JLY and Tesco, Loomery’s handpicked teams of strategic builders have quite a portfolio behind them. The team aims to leave your in-house capabilities stronger than before you hired them, adding strategic optimisation as another string to Loomery’s bow.
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Company values
- Believe in the Brainweave. We believe the best ideas come from combining diverse perspectives, skills, and experiences. We encourage cross-functionality, active listening and learning from each other. We call it The Brainweave
- Be the highlight of your client's week - We care deeply about our clients, their goals, and organisations. We go beyond delivering great products — we build strong partnerships, offer real insight and go further. In a practical sense, that means doing everything we can think of to be the highlight of our clients week: make the fastest progress, share something exciting, show that we ‘get them’, or just bring something unexpected (in a good way)
- Just F***ing Ship It (JFSI) - We start by making and we learn by shipping products. Our approach is pragmatic and practical, valuing progress over perfect plans. If in doubt, just f***ing ship it
- Wonder what's next - We are curious about what’s next in technology. We explore, tinker and try things out. Then we get cracking to use it to make a world that works better
- Run at the hill - We look for opportunities for everyone to stretch themselves and learn rapidly in a supportive environment
- Cut the babble - We take complex technical topics and make them easy to understand. Simple as that
- Own the outcome - We value those who move things forward, taking responsibility to make progress and solving problems for and with others
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
Leadership
Brett Thornton
(Co-Founder)Previously a Freelance Strategy Consultant at B Thornton Consulting, Head of Capability Strategy at TAB, Planner at Media Arts Lab and was an Account Exec at Euro RSCG.
Tim Checkley
(Co-Founder)Previously Interim Director of Product at MOO, Head of Product at BeZero Carbon, Product and Agile Coach at &us and was a Team Lead at Kin + Carta.
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