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Lead Software Engineer (Python)
London (Hybrid – 2 days per week)
Up to 130K Base + Equity
We're partnered with a well-funded deep-tech company that's building AI-powered software to dramatically accelerate R&D, product development and engineering decision-making.
Their platform helps hardware engineering teams reduce months of manual work, accelerate development cycles and bring complex products to market faster. By automating highly complex workflows and analysis, they're enabling organisations to innovate more quickly, reduce development costs and spend more time focused on solving meaningful problems.
Already trusted by organisations developing products across aerospace, automotive, robotics, industrial technology, energy and consumer electronics, their platform is helping engineering teams innovate at a pace that was previously impossible.
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Eight years into their journey, they've built an impressive customer base spanning engineering consultancies, manufacturers and global technology organisations. Well-capitalised and backed by leading investors, they're now looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join a lean, high-calibre engineering team of fewer than 20 engineers.
The Role
You'll join a lean, high-calibre engineering team and play a key role in shaping both the product and technical direction of the business.
Responsibilities include:
- Designing and building scalable backend systems that power a highly technical AI-driven platform
- Developing algorithms, data pipelines and intelligent workflows that automate complex engineering processes
- Owning projects end-to-end, from architecture and implementation through to deployment and iteration
- Working across the entire backend stack, including APIs, infrastructure, databases and machine learning systems
- Collaborating closely with product teams and domain experts to solve challenging real-world problems
- Influencing engineering best practices, technical strategy and the long-term evolution of the platform
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Tech Stack
- 🐍 Python
- 🎸 Django
- 🐘 PostgreSQL
- 🔍 GraphQL
- 🐳 Docker
Why Join?
- Above-market salary and meaningful equity
- Join a lean team where your work has visible impact
- Work alongside a friendly, ambitious and genuinely world-class team
- Hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)
- Generous employee benefits
If you're excited by the prospect of building AI-powered software that can accelerate innovation across entire industries, apply through this page or message Chris Williams for more details.
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