Backend Developer

IONIKLondon, United Kingdomlast year

About the role

For this role, you will:

Build features end-to-end, from the UI in our dashboard to orchestrating workflows that interact with our microservices using Temporal.
Craft intuitive interfaces that allow our users to interface with powerful computing paradigms, with help from our design team.
Build TypeScript + GraphQL APIs with strong guarantees around modeling data, allowing both internal and external users to build against.
Write Engineering Requirement Documents to take something from idea, to defined tasks, to implementation, to monitoring its success.
Experience with, or at least the desire to learn Rust to contribute to our open-source repositories (CLI, Nixpacks, etc).
You may be on call from time to time in this role.

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Create interfaces to visualize project infrastructure on a 2D canvas.
Add support for migrating deployments with a volume from one region to another using Temporal.
Create a marketplace for users to share re-usable pieces of infrastructure.

About you

An ability to autonomously lead, design, and implement great product experiences, from front to back.
A strong understanding of frontend architecture to build interactivity-rich systems for fetching, mutating, and rendering data effectively.
Experience managing complex asynchronous backend jobs for something like a build/deploy pipeline.
A desire to be a part of the entire project development process. From research gathering and planning, to implementation and monitoring.
Great written and verbal communication skills for expressing ideas, designs, and potential solutions in mostly-asynchronous manner.
We value and love to work with diverse persons from all backgrounds.

FAQ

Is the Backend Developer position at IONIK remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Backend Developer job posted?: This listing was posted on July 9, 2025 and is still open for applications.
How do I apply for the Backend Developer position at IONIK?: Use the apply button on this page — it takes you directly to the employer’s application page.