Backend Engineer

Togather started life as Feast It, in 2017, as a booking platform for people to book street food caterers for their birthday parties and weddings. Since then, we have grown to become the UK’s biggest events platform as Togather for food, drink, venues, photographers and so much more.

We’re here to help people make amazing memories on some of the biggest and best days of their lives. Whether they’re planning the whole-company summer party, hosting an epic dinner party, or running an entire festival, we can - and do - help with all of it.

None of this would be possible without our amazing community of partners, who we handpick from across the country.

We’ve worked with everyone from Amazon, Nike, and London Pride, to Tom Cruise, Star Wars, and Taylor Swift. Within the office, we recently came #7 in the Startups 100 Awards and have been named in the top 15 in Tempo's 50 Best Places To Work. Our team truly love and care about what they do, which makes working here that much easier.

The Role:

Are you looking to join a tech-focused start-up that’s shaking up an entire industry? Do you enjoy working alongside intelligent, talented, innovative, and approachable team members? What about being part of a company that creates meaningful events and lasting memories?

If this resonates with you, we should have a chat.

We are seeking an established Backend Engineer with strong DevOps experience, particularly in AWS, to help us develop the technology powering the world’s best events, connecting extraordinary suppliers with truly unique experiences.

We’ve already made significant progress with an established product and engineering team, evolving from a simple catering agency into a comprehensive platform. However, we’re still at the early stages of our journey.

As a Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in building the next phase of our technology stack, leveraging your expertise in DevOps practices to ensure scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure on AWS. You will report directly to one of Squad Leads and work closely with our Head of Product to ensure our technology not only supports but leads everything we do. You will be a technical and product champion within the wider team, contributing to the development of a best-in-class product and shaping our technology strategy.

Requirements

• You will be proactive with a positive, 'can-do' attitude, aligning with our value of 'Act Like an Owner'
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about sharing knowledge and mentoring others, aligning with our value 'Always Learn & Improve' both to learn & grow yourself as well as helping others around you
• Excited by our mission, with exceptionally high standards for your code and development practices.
• Commercially minded and customer-focused.

Experience You Need:

• Extensive experience with Node.js.
• Strong experience in code testing.
• Proven DevOps experience, particularly with AWS, including managing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and deployment.

Our Tech Stack:

• TypeScript
• React, Next.js, GraphQL
• Node.js and Express
• Terraform
• PostgreSQL
• Redshift
• Docker

Benefits

Our offices are in London, however this role is a UK based remote role. You will be required to come to our companywide town halls in our London office, which happen every 6 weeks.

We are passionate about equal opportunities and improving the tech industry for the better, so if you are from an underrepresented background then we would particularly love to hear from you.

• Generous holiday allowance (25 days)
• Enhanced Pension
• EAP service
• Enhanced Mat & Pat
• Free coffee, beer, pizza and an overly stocked snack cupboard as well as regular supplier lunches
• Significant discounts in a lot of London's best restaurants, bars and more
• Regular team socials and events
• A shiny new MacBook to work on
• Loads of invites to food-industry events (yes they do usually have free food)
• Dog-friendly