Oliver Bernard
Staff Software Engineer - London - Python or Golang
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🚀 Staff Backend Engineer | Python & Go
📍 London (Onsite)
💰 Competitive Salary + Equity
I'm working with a venture-backed AI startup that's building technology capable of processing and analysing huge volumes of real-time video and security data. Following significant growth, they're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to help scale the infrastructure powering the platform.
This isn't a role where you'll inherit legacy systems, you'll be instrumental in defining how the platform evolves as the company enters its next phase.
What you'll be working on:
- 🚀 Designing and scaling distributed backend systems
- ⚡ Building resilient, high-performance data infrastructure
- 📈 Optimising databases, streaming pipelines, queues and caching
- 🛠️ Improving platform reliability, observability and performance
- 🤝 Partnering with engineering leadership to shape technical strategy
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Tech you'll use:
- Python & Go
- PostgreSQL & ClickHouse
- Grafana, Prometheus & Mimir
- Event-driven & distributed architectures
You'll likely have:
- 9+ years building scalable backend or platform infrastructure
- Experience working on high-throughput, data-intensive systems
- A passion for solving complex engineering challenges
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Why join?
- 💥 Join early enough to make a genuine impact
- 📈 Work alongside an exceptional engineering team
- 📊 Build infrastructure that processes data at massive scale
- 💰 Competitive salary plus meaningful equity in a fast-growing AI business
If you're interested in building the foundations of a category-defining AI platform, I'd love to tell you more.
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