Backend Engineer

A rapidly growing, well-funded AI technology company revolutionising video intelligence through computer vision, machine learning and cloud-native technology.

They're seeking a talented
Backend Software Engineer to build and scale the core services powering their AI platform.

• Design and develop scalable backend services using
  Golang and Python
  .
• Build and optimise APIs, databases and large-scale data pipelines.
• Develop reliable distributed systems handling significant traffic and data volumes.
• Improve performance, scalability, observability and infrastructure efficiency.
• Own features end to end, collaborating with ML, frontend and infrastructure engineers.

• Strong backend engineering experience, ideally
  Go or Python (other languages considered).
• Experience building scalable APIs, databases and distributed systems.
• Cloud experience, ideally AWS;
  Kubernetes, Pulumi or Grafana advantageous.
• Experience developing production systems at scale.
• Ideally a startup, scale-up or high-growth technology background.
• Strong technical ownership, problem-solving and communication skills.

4-5+ years as a guide, with ability valued over tenure.

• Up to £120k salary + early-stage equity.
• Challenging engineering problems involving AI and large-scale systems.
• Flexible holidays, team events and premium development tools.
• High-impact role with genuine technical ownership.

Primarily office-based in Old Street, with occasional WFH flexibility.

Rates depend on experience and client requirements