Staff Software Engineer - London - Python or Golang

🚀 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 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 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. Staff Backend Engineer | Staff Software Engineer | Principal Backend Engineer | Python | Go | Distributed Systems | Platform Engineering | AI | London