Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics | UK | Remote

Role overview

A fully remote position for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the storage layer of a new general-purpose data platform that blends analytical and time-series workloads. The role sits inside a small, high-autonomy skunk works team extending observability tooling into broader enterprise data intelligence for both humans and AI agents. Candidates must be based in the UK.

• Design, implement, test, and operate parts of a distributed database, including ingestion, query planning, distributed execution, and storage and data formats.
• Shape the multi-tenant SaaS architecture, covering tenant isolation, usage tracking, quotas, audit logs, background jobs, and service boundaries.
• Build APIs and database interfaces that let AI agents, MCP tools, CLIs, and internal apps retrieve data quickly.
• Collaborate with product and infrastructure teammates to balance rapid prototyping against long-term reliability as the system moves from internal dogfooding to production.
• Operate the systems you build, taking ownership of reliability, performance, and on-call responsibilities.

• Significant professional experience as a backend or database engineer working on distributed systems.
• Deep familiarity with database internals such as query planning, storage layouts, ingestion pipelines, and execution engines.
• Comfort working with OLAP and streaming/OTLP-style data paths, including separation of compute and storage.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make pragmatic architectural calls, and evolve prototypes into production-grade services.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote, cross-functional environment.

• Experience building multi-tenant SaaS database services.
• Background running systems across multiple cloud providers.
• Familiarity with agentic or AI-driven retrieval workflows and metadata systems.

• 100% remote role with a globally distributed team.
• 30 days of annual leave, with three reserved as company-wide shutdown days.
• In-person onboarding to ramp up alongside new teammates.
• Country-specific compensation and benefits discussed at the start of the process.