Back End Developer

Back-End Developer

Location: Leeds (1x/month on-site, otherwise remote)Rate: £500/day, Inside IR35Duration: Until March 2027

Overview

We are supporting a consultancy in the public sector looking for a Back-End Developer to help build, scale and maintain backend services underpinning citizen-facing and internal systems. This is a hands-on engineering role with real ownership over infrastructure as well as code, so you'll be just as comfortable in Terraform and AWS as you are writing TypeScript. Mostly remote working with one day a month in Leeds for team collaboration and planning.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs using TypeScriptTake ownership of AWS infrastructure, including provisioning, scaling and cost managementBuild, maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to support frequent, reliable deploymentsWrite and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, keeping environments consistent and reproducibleWork closely with product owners, architects and other engineers to translate requirements into robust technical solutionsMonitor system performance and reliability, and proactively resolve issues before they impact usersContribute to technical decisions around architecture, tooling and best practiceSupport security and compliance requirements relevant to public sector systemsDocument technical decisions and processes clearly for the wider team

Key Requirements

Strong commercial experience with TypeScript in a back-end contextSolid hands-on AWS experience (e.g. Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, IAM)Proven DevOps background, including building and maintaining CI/CD pipelinesPractical Terraform experience across real production environmentsComfortable working independently in a remote-first setup, with the flexibility to travel to Leeds monthlyStrong understanding of secure coding practices and cloud security fundamentals

Desirable

Python experience, particularly for scripting, automation or data-related tasksPrevious experience working on Government or NHS/public sector digital programmesFamiliarity with GDS standards or working within regulated environments

Apply now or email dom@briodigital.io for more information.