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Software Engineer - Realtime Platforms - London
A research focused technology organisation operating one of the world's largest compute environments is looking for a Software Engineer to help build the platforms and tooling that power large scale research workloads.
You'll work on the frameworks and services that enable researchers to run millions of computations across a globally distributed compute estate. The focus is on building reliable, high-performance systems that simplify complex workflows, improve developer experience and keep critical research running efficiently.
The environment combines distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure and modern software engineering, with technologies including F#, C#, Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL and React.
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We're looking for engineers who enjoy solving difficult technical problems, writing clean, maintainable code and building software that operates reliably at scale.
What you'll need:
- Commercial software engineering experience building scalable backend systems
- Experience with C#, F#, Python or similar programming languages
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and concurrent applications
- Experience working with Kubernetes, containerised applications or cloud-native platforms
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or SQL Server
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work closely with highly technical users
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Standout backgrounds:
- Distributed systems or high-performance computing
- Backend platform engineering
- Cloud-native application development
- Developer tooling, frameworks or internal platforms
- Financial technology, scientific computing or large-scale technology environments
- Engineers who enjoy solving complex performance and scalability challenges
This role would suit an engineer who enjoys building the platforms that other engineers rely on. You'll be joining a highly technical team where you'll work on large-scale distributed systems, collaborate closely with researchers and help shape the tools that support some of the firm's most demanding workloads.
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