Lead Backend Engineer

As Lead Backend Engineer, you'll join our Online Customer Experience (OCX)vertical the team behind our e-commerce platforms across web and mobile. With a large-scale technical transformation nearing completion, we're entering a new and exciting phase: building next-generation digital propositions that align with our mission to be the go-to wellness brand.

This role will see you lead by example owning software design across key functional areas, mentoring engineers, and delivering high-quality, secure, and scalable systems that enhance the customer experience.

• Take ownership of designing and delivering backend services, operating independently without technical oversight

• Lead by example to consistently ship high-quality, cross-functional software

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and meet expectations

• Bring fresh thinking and share new techniques across disciplines including product, QA, and UX

• Support and mentor your engineering squad, helping to grow technical capabilities and confidence

• Evaluate the impact of new information and changing priorities, adapting plans accordingly

• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Understand how your team's work connects to the wider business strategy

• Keep the customer at the heart of what you do — building features and systems that serve their needs

• Take responsibility for security and compliance, planning proactively for operational impact

Essential Skills:

• Fluent in Java (17+)and frameworks like Spring Boot,Quarkus, or Micronaut

• Deep understanding of RESTful architecture and HTTP

• Strong knowledge of asynchronous programming techniques in Java

• Proficient in SQL, with experience in RDBMS like Postgres or Oracle

• Experience working with Docker and docker-compose

• Familiarity with AWS, particularly services likeS3, Aurora, and Elastic Cache

• Proficient with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI

• Strong testing capabilities using JUnit, Rest Assured, or similar frameworks

• Proactive with monitoring, observability, and system health

Desirable Skills:

• Exposure to monitoring platforms like Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or PagerDuty

• Familiarity with Python scripting

• Experience with Kubernetes and deployment tools such as Helm