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Software Engineer, Back End – Tech Lead
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
99 days ago
Salary
€100K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Software Engineer, Back End – Tech Lead
Synthesia
• Work end-to-end on our client application written in React and our monolithic backend written in Python. • Have sole ownership of projects that span months, requiring the ability to break a problem down into small steps. • Work directly with the product manager, expected to ideate and focus on the commercial problem being solved. • Evaluate your own work to understand the impact your features have on our commercial objectives.
Job Requirements
- At least seven (7) years of experience as a software engineer, at least 3 on the senior/lead level.
- Experience in a high-performing engineering team that is operating at scale.
- Ability to work across the stack, with deep knowledge on server side and all things back end related.
- Relevant engineering experience for a team building an enterprise-grade SaaS product delivering AI-powered video generation.
- Strong alignment with commercial success.
- Previous leadership experience of smaller teams is a plus.
Benefits
- 25 days of leave + local holidays
- Stock option plan
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