Nory - Staff Engineer

• Backend depth is the primary bar. You've built and owned production backend systems, APIs, data models, and distributed services that real customers depend on. You can describe specific data modelling decisions you made personally, the constraints you were navigating, and why you made the trade-offs you did. . • Backend depth is the primary bar. • You operate across the full stack. You've shipped full-stack features end-to-end, and you're comfortable doing it again. • You operate across the full stack. • You shape systems, not just squads. You've made architectural decisions with a long-term lens - balancing scalability, maintainability, and pragmatism. You identify foundational gaps before they surface and design systems that enable multiple teams to move faster. • You shape systems, not just squads. • You own outcomes, not tickets. You can point to things you personally shaped - not just delivered. You've pushed back when the problem wasn't well-defined, proposed a different approach when the original plan was wrong, and taken accountability for outcomes. When you describe your work, you say "I decided," not "we decided." • You own outcomes, not tickets. • You've built in constrained environments. Startup, high-stakes initiative, greenfield system on a tight deadline - you've navigated genuine ambiguity, made decisions without perfect information, and shipped something real. You know what an MVP actually means. • You've built in constrained environments. • You engage with customers directly. You've spoken to users, let that change what you built, and can give a specific example of when it did. • You engage with customers directly. • You create leverage across the org. You mentor, model, and unblock - you raise the bar for the people around you and make the whole team faster, not just yourself. You write with clarity, align across disciplines, and contribute to strong decision-making beyond your squad. • You create leverage across the org. • Communication and technical leadership. You communicate clearly with engineers, product managers and stakeholders, and can explain trade-offs in a way that helps teams make better decisions together. • Communication and technical leadership. • Our stack • Python, FastAPI, React, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS (Fargate, Aurora, SQS), Postgres, MongoDB, Docker. • We're stack-agnostic in our hiring and care most about strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to ramp quickly. • What you'll get in return: • 🌎 Remote-first working environment - please note you must have the right to work in the UK/EU without sponsorship to be considered for this role • 💰 Competitive salary depending on experience • 📈 Meaningful equity, at Nory everyone is an owner! • 🌴 35 days of paid leave per year (including bank holidays) • 🏥 Comprehensive private health insurance via Irish Life (Ireland) and Axa (UK) • 🍼 Enhanced parental leave and baby loss support • 📚 Learning & development culture – €1000 personal annual budget + quarterly book budget • 🖥️ €250 home office workspace budget • 🥳 Regular team offsites & socials • 🌎 Work from anywhere for up to 3 months of the year • 📍Offices in either London 🇬🇧 , Dublin 🇮🇪 or Spain 🇪🇸 • London 🇬🇧 • Dublin 🇮🇪 • Spain 🇪🇸 • 👏 And much more • How we work • Our vision is to build a better future for the restaurant industry. • One where operators are in control, margins are stronger, and frontline teams can build careers they're proud of. To get there, we move fast, stay focused, and hold ourselves to a high bar. Our values guide how we work, grow, and win – together. • These are the values we live by: • We serve up impact with a side of profit We prioritise work that delivers real financial results for our restaurant partners. • We serve up impact with a side of profit • We prioritise speed of service We move fast, unblock quickly, and deliver with urgency. • We prioritise speed of service • We act like owners We own problems, raise the bar, and build better every day. • We act like owners • We win as a crew We grow stronger through feedback, collaboration, and shared wins. • We win as a crew • We hire humans.