Job Description

Hi, we are Storyteq!

Storyteq helps marketing and creative teams in top brands to scale their creative production and gain control over their marketing campaigns. Through our platform, our clients can streamline campaign workflows, automate their creative production through templates & AI and activate engaging campaigns that go to market faster.


We believe creativity takes time, but creative production shouldn't. Since 2016 our mission has been to revolutionize the way creative assets are created and used. Magic happens when we let technology empower creativity. Our endless curiosity and relentless commitment to our customers lies at the heart of our problem-solving approach. This shared mission is woven into our values: we dream big, think differently, and are stronger together.

About the job

You'll likely join our

Assets domain

, where we're scaling up to support a growing range of use cases--from intelligent asset search and real-time transformations to AI-powered tagging and seamless integration with our templating and distribution tools. You'll be the

technical lead

for a team focused on the

backend services

that power our DAM platform at scale, ensuring fast, reliable, and intelligent asset delivery across the ecosystem.


You'll work closely with engineering peers, product managers, and architects to align on technical direction, drive implementation, and ensure high engineering standards. While you'll remain hands-on, a key part of your role will be guiding others through technical decisions, mentoring, and championing best practices.

Requirements

Key responsibilities:

Take ownership of technical direction and architecture within the team Build and ship

robust backend services

with real product impact Ensure backend systems are scalable, performant, and easy to maintain Guide engineers through technical decisions and mentor them in best practices Collaborate with other teams to integrate services and deliver end-to-end value Model business domains into clean, efficient data structures Lead by example in engineering excellence, pragmatism, and shared ownership

Key requirements:

Experience leading technical delivery

within a team or project

Confident in making architectural decisions

and communicating trade-offs

Comfortable mentoring and supporting engineers

to help them grow 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering backend or full-stack products with TypeScript (and JavaScript) Strong backend development skills with

Node.js

Solid experience designing and integrating

REST and/or GraphQL APIs

Comfortable working in

monorepo environments

and modular architectures Proficient in

data modeling

and working with SQL/NoSQL databases Familiar with testing practices, performance tuning, and scalable design principles Experience working in

SaaS or product-based environments

You're proactive, result-driven, and excited to work in a fast-growing tech scale-up You're a strong team player who values collaboration and shared success

Nice to have(s):

Hands-on with DAM concepts

like versioning, metadata, and access control

Designed or contributed to asset pipelines

for processing, optimizing, and delivering media content

Built systems for secure, performant asset access at scale

Benefits

On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:

25 days' holiday + bank holidays - we understand the importance of you getting some downtime. Annual Wellbeing Day - enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing. Pension Scheme - helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun! Corporate Medical Cash Plan - claim back the cost of your medical treatments. So many savings - through our online community platform, access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out. Employee Assistance Programme - our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you're happy, we're happy. Cycle to Work Scheme - save on the cost of biking to work. Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month program with a 250 bonus. Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day - we're all about giving back... and having lots of fun in the process! Referral scheme - know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag 1,000 for putting in a good word. Wellbeing Programme - interactive Wellbeing Workshops and over 30 Wellbeing Champions. Enhanced Family Friendly Leave - support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.

We Value Diversity

We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.


We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.



At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we're always stronger together.



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