Backend Product Engineer

Cavendish Professionals — United Kingdom · Posted ~1 day ago

Mid

Skills

Backend engineering API development Cloud infrastructure PostgreSQL Database optimization System reliability Monitoring Observability Cloud APIs AI infrastructure

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Summary

Help build the backend platform behind a rapidly scaling AI-native productivity product. You will design high-performance APIs, scale cloud infrastructure, optimize PostgreSQL queries, enable advanced AI capabilities, and strengthen reliability, monitoring, and observability.

Highlights

Opportunity to build and scale backend infrastructure for an AI-native product, solve challenging performance problems, improve reliability and observability, and work in a rapidly growing technology environment.

Description

Product Engineer (Backend) | London | AI Startup Our client, one of Europe's fastest-growing AI startups is looking for a talented Product Engineer (Backend) to help build the infrastructure powering the next generation of AI productivity tools. Already trusted by some of the world's most innovative technology companies, they are now scaling rapidly following significant investment and are looking for engineers who enjoy solving difficult technical challenges at scale. What you'll be doing You will play a key role in building and scaling the backend platform that powers an AI-native product used by thousands of professionals every day. You'll work on: Designing and building high-performance APIs and backend servicesScaling cloud infrastructure to support rapid user growthBuilding infrastructure that enables cutting-edge AI capabilitiesOptimising PostgreSQL databases and improving query performanceImproving system reliability, monitoring and observabilityWorking closely with Product, Design and AI Engineering teams to deliver new features end-to-endSolving complex engineering challenges in a fast-moving, product-led environment Tech Stack TypeScriptNode.jsAWSTerraform (Infrastructure as Code)PostgreSQLServerless Architecture (AWS Lambda)REST APIsCloud InfrastructureMonitoring & Observability You'll likely have experience with: Commercial backend software engineering experienceStrong TypeScript and Node.js skillsBuilding scalable distributed systemsAWS cloud infrastructurePostgreSQL or other relational databasesAPI design and backend architecturePerformance optimisation and application securityWorking within product-focused engineering teams If you are interested, please click ‘Apply’ to submit an up-to-date copy of your CV. Cavendish (Recruitment) Professionals Ltd is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we believe that inclusion starts with the applicant. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment regardless of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.