Senior Backend Engineer

1 week ago


London, UK, United Kingdom idpp Full time

A rapidly growing AI start-up is expanding it’s workforce. This client is seeking the top talent in AI to join an emerging player in the Industry. If you are a talented engineer with a desire to progress, this is definitely the role for you. The client is willing to offer a lucrative salary of up to £120k along with company equity and a range of other benefits (See below). The ideal candidate will have worked as a founding engineer in a start-up.


The role

In this role an individual will be working to assist in expanding their already established system to accommodate the increasing user demand. Their technology stack spans various domains, including front-end, backend, and edge computing. Your primary responsibility will revolve around enhancing the backend infrastructure.


This role encompasses the following tasks:

  • Enhancing database performance to keep pace with the rapid growth of our customer base.
  • Suggesting and incorporating new database technologies when necessary.
  • Planning and structuring backend APIs, ensuring the system's scalability and providing comprehensive observability.
  • Preserving the existing backend codebase and system with an emphasis on high uptime and availability.
  • Delivering top-quality features, conducting thorough testing, and debugging any issues that arise.
  • Collaborating with a broader team to implement a variety of product features.


Requirements and experience we are looking for:

  • 3+ years of industry experience and having built systems of reasonable scale.
  • You should be familiar and have experience with the main backend technologies:
  • FastAPI, Python, Docker, Postgres, Redis
  • In particular, you should have experience debugging, scaling, and optimizing API + database solutions as the traffic grows.
  • It would be great if you also have experience with one or more
  • infrastructure-as-code solutions (Pulumi).
  • monitoring (Sentry and Grafana).
  • authentication (Auth0).
  • Any experience with front-end (React), platform engineering (C++), or video streaming is a strong bonus but not required.
  • High intrinsic motivation to succeed and ability to work hard.


What we offer

  • £90-120k base
  • Company equity % in an early-stage start-up.
  • Flexible PTO & Sick Policy
  • 100% company-paid private Dental & Vision insurance


Please note, this job is full-time 5 days a week on-site in London so please only apply if you're able to commit to this.



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