Eequ Ltd

Eequ is a marketplace and booking platform for learning experiences outside traditional schools and universities. Providers use Eequ to list activities, take bookings and payments, and manage their programmes. We are the market-leading supplier to local authorities in the UK for council-funded programmes and we also serve thousands of independent providers. Our platform handles bookings, payments, and sensitive data at scale. Our vision is to build the infrastructure for a more decentralised model of education, where anyone can create, share, and sustain learning experiences - from forest school leaders to sports coaches and artists. We are a product-led company. Engineering decisions directly shape our reliability, user experience, and ability to scale. We're hiring a senior backend engineer to join a disciplined, senior team responsible for the platform behind Eequ, where engineers have real ownership and operate with high autonomy. This is a high-seniority individual contributor role. You will have been the primary owner of production systems, accountable for their design, deployment, and reliability under real-world load. You will be hands on, responsible for both building and deploying the systems you work on. What we do Eequ is the market leader in delivering booking infrastructure for government-funded programmes supporting underserved communities, while also powering a growing commercial marketplace for activities across the UK. By serving both, we're lighting up a nationwide network of independent providers and helping bring communities together through real world classes, clubs and events. What you'll do Build and operate the backend platform that powers a real marketplace handling bookings, payments, and reporting for thousands of families and providers. Design and ship features from API design through database models to deployment Make architectural decisions and communicate them clearly to the team Own our AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and keep production healthy with observability and alerting Lead incident response when things break, find root causes, and drive follow ups Improve database performance, query patterns, and data pipeline as usage grows Our stack This stack reflects the platform we build and operate. You're not expected to have deep expertise in everything listed, but you should be comfortable and excited working with these technologies. Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript MySQL with TypeORM, Redis-backed job queues AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch), managed with Terraform Monorepo with Turborepo, shared packages, and automated testing Github, Slack, Linear Who you are You've shipped and maintained scalable systems handling real-world transactional workloads You've owned cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and incident response You favor simple, reliable architecture over clever solutions You take security seriously, especially around payments and personal data You're self-directed and operate with high agency You elevate others through thoughtful code reviews and mentorship Apply

Eequ is the market leader in delivering booking infrastructure for government-funded programmes supporting underserved communities, while also powering a growing commercial marketplace for activities across the UK. By serving both, we're lighting up a nationwide network of independent providers and helping bring communities together through real-world classes, clubs and events. We are a product-led company with a high bar for quality, where thoughtful software design is the main engine of adoption and retention. Our growth has come not from sales people, but from customers who became our champions, because we built something genuinely worth recommending. Requirements 2- 6 years senior partnership management HOW WE WORK There are no departments at Eequ. No middle management. No bureaucracy. Instead, a small group of Founders Associates work directly alongside the CEO to underpin the company's core engineering operations. This team is diversely skilled, highly trusted, and impactful. Every Founders Associate arrives with at least one superpower. The role will shape itself around your strengths, but everyone starts from the same place, understanding Eequ end to end. THIS ROLE You'll manage and grow relationships with some of our most important clients including public sector teams running youth and adult programmes across the UK, and large national organisations delivering activities at scale. These are high trust, high value relationships that require consistent, senior level communication and problem solving. Alongside managing existing relationships, you'll take responsibility for identifying, approaching and bringing new partners into the Eequ network. WHERE YOU MAY BE COMING FROM You're a few years into a partnerships or account management role and want more responsibility and opportunity to progress. You've worked with public sector clients, councils, NHS trusts, charities, and understand how to remove institutional barriers. You've been quietly building skills in tech and AI and are ready for a role that actually uses them. WHAT YOU'LL OWN Manage a portfolio of key partner relationships Attract new partners in public sector and national organisations Partner onboarding and training Handle contracts, invoicing, and partner administration Thought leadership (LinkedIn, blogs) Building and improving technical systems: Attio, Xero, AI tools, spreadsheets THIS IS PERFECT FOR YOU IF You're confident presenting to and supporting senior clients You use AI and software tools to avoid unnecessary manual tasks You work things out through persistent research and learning You have a flair for tech and default to building systems that remove repetitive work Bonus: You have a background in compliance, legal, finance or similar THE DETAILS Salary: Competitive + performance bonus Location: Remote / Hybrid or Brighton office Team: CEO + 3 Founders Associates HOW TO APPLY Apply as yourself. AI-generated are not helpful or distinctive in this context. Please complete the application form. As part of the process, you'll record a short, unscripted video answering one question. This is simply to understand how you communicate.

A leading marketplace for learning activities is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to build and operate a backend platform handling bookings and payments. The candidate will be responsible for API design, cloud infrastructure management, and system reliability. An ideal fit has experience with scalable systems and is excited about using technologies like Node.js, AWS, and MySQL. This is a high-autonomy role that requires thoughtful decision-making and strong incident response capabilities.