Software Engineer - Python
Hands-on backend engineer taking founding-level ownership of a real-time operations platform (Python + PostgreSQL on AWS) for aviation/transport turnaround logistics. Day to day: building stateful microservices, event-driven pipelines, and multi-tenant architecture, plus on-site time with live operations staff in London.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 3+ years of production backend software engineering experience using Python
- Strong relational database modeling expertise in PostgreSQL (concurrency, locks, idempotency)
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, state machines, and AWS cloud environments
- London-based with full eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
Nice to have
- Experience architecting multi-tenant B2B SaaS platforms at scale
- Background building integrations against legacy third-party operational or logistics data feeds
- Founding engineer mindset with passion for direct customer contact and field-level operational discovery
Full description
- Complete ownership of the core backend platform serving critical real-time operations globally.
- Solve hard distributed system challenges: exactly-once effects, concurrent write resolution, and multi-tenancy.
- Founding-level impact: shape backend engineering standards, observability, staging validation, and technical hiring.
- Direct field exposure: spend time on site observing how live operations interact with your code.
The Company
- Builds the real-time operational brain for critical infrastructure, transportation, and aviation turnaround logistics.
- Operates a domain-independent platform managing reactive event loops and forward scheduling at scale.
The Role
A technical, hands-on role where you will:
- Build stateful microservices, event-driven ingestion pipelines, and state machines in Python and PostgreSQL.
- Design multi-tenant architecture enabling seamless onboarding of new sites and customers through configuration.
- Ensure sub-second bounded read latency, fault-tolerant execution, and zero-downtime production deployments.
- Interface third-party operational feeds, legacy channels, and communication streams into a unified data schema.
- Define robust TypeScript API contracts consumed by the frontend and establish testing/on-call standards on AWS.
- Work directly on-site with live operational staff to fold real-world feedback into platform capabilities.
The Essential Requirements
- 3+ years of production backend software engineering experience using Python.
- Strong relational database modeling expertise in PostgreSQL, covering concurrency, locks, and idempotency.
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, state machines, and AWS cloud environments.
- London-based location with full eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Experience architecting multi-tenant B2B SaaS platforms at scale.
- Background building integrations against legacy third-party operational or logistics data feeds.
- Founding engineer mindset with a passion for direct customer contact and field-level operational discovery.
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