Software Engineer
Mid-level backend engineer building and running Go services in production at a profitable, high-growth AI company (~600 people) whose platform handles thousands of transactions per second. Day-to-day: event-driven services on Kafka, improving performance/reliability/observability, debugging live issues. Remote-first UK with two days a month in London.
- Compensation
- £100K / yr
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Middle
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 3-5 years' professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend skills in Go, or Rust/Java with an interest in moving to Go
- Experience with messaging or streaming tools such as Kafka, Google Pub/Sub or RabbitMQ
- Experience building and supporting production systems
Full description
Software Engineer - High-Growth AI Company | Remote-First (UK) | Up to £100,000 + Bonus + Equity
Want to work on a platform that's actually under load? This one handles thousands of transactions every second, and it needs engineers who enjoy making fast systems faster.
The company is a fast-growing, profitable AI business with around 600 people. It's still in the phase where a mid-level engineer can ship meaningful work quickly and grow with the platform.
What you'll work on
You'll join a product engineering team building and running backend services in production. Your work will include:
- Designing, building and shipping backend services, mainly in Go
- Building event-driven services on messaging platforms such as Kafka
- Improving performance, reliability and observability across live systems
- Taking part in code reviews, design discussions and technical planning
- Debugging production issues and fixing them at the root
- Working closely with product and senior engineers to deliver features end to end
What they're looking for
- 3-5 years' professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend skills in Go, or in Rust or Java with an interest in moving to Go
- Experience with messaging or streaming tools such as Kafka, Google Pub/Sub or RabbitMQ
- Experience building and supporting production systems
What's on offer
- Salary up to £100,000
- Annual bonus
- Equity in a pre-IPO business
- Remote-first, with just two days a month in London
- A clear path to Senior Engineer as the team scales