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Principal Backend Engineer

Synthesia
hybridEUR 200,000 / year
London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

About this role

About the Role Lead backend initiatives across Engineering, focusing on stability, inter-service testing, and standardization; own cross-team projects spanning multiple quarters and teams; work end-to-end from our client application written in React to our monolithic backend written in Python, and guide long-term engineering directions. What You'll Do

  • Focus on friction points around backend issues for all Engineering teams and drive improvements in inter-service testing and overall stability.
  • Lead projects that span quarters, breaking problems into small deliverable steps and validating iteratively.
  • Evaluate impact through our data pipeline and established frameworks to understand the effect of features on commercial objectives and pivot where necessary.
  • Consider the long-term direction of Engineering to stay ahead of challenges 12-18 months out and coordinate across teams.

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