Technical Futures Ltd
Backend Engineer (Software, API, Python)
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Role Overview
Exciting deep-tech start-up seeks a bright, forward-thinking Back-End/Back-End Product/Platform Engineer to join their dedicated team. With strong software engineering skills in modern languages (ideally Python) backed by a good academic history, you’ll bring curiosity about scientific computing and care for code quality.
Application Scope
Applications are welcomed from mid-level up to Senior-level Engineers with experience biased towards Back End/API flavour of platform engineering.
Company Focus
This cutting-edge technology company, focused on optimizing complex engineering systems, seeks a top-class Platform Engineer who will confidently work collaboratively with engineers and scientists to have a real say in how the platform layer is designed.
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Key Skills and Experience Required
- Strong academic background: Could be Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or Scientific Software-related.
- Strong software engineering skills in modern languages (Python & Rust ideal).
- Experience in operating an API at scale is highly important.
- Experience designing systems and the APIs between them – services that coordinate work, manage state, and handle failure.
- Focus on code quality.
Additional Skills and Experience
- Experience of Cloud computing or HPC job management (such as Slurm).
- Identity and authorization flows such as OIDC/OAuth2.
- Deploying containerized services on Linux (such as Podman).
- Infrastructure as code (such as Ansible, OpenTofu).
- Modern Python tooling and packaging.
- Data storage and pipelines, including large simulation results and model serving.
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Benefits
- Hybrid working available (3 days office / 2 WFH)
- A very generous base salary dependent on your level of skills and experience
- Benefits to include Shares, 30 days holiday + time off between Xmas and New Year, Private healthcare, Pension Plan, Life Assurance, and much more.
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