Staff Software Engineer - London - Python/Go

🚀 Staff Software Engineer | Python & Go 📍 London (5 days onsite) 💰 Competitive Salary + Meaningful Equity We're partnering with one of London's fastest-growing venture-backed AI startups, building cutting-edge technology that transforms how organisations use video, sensor and security data in real time. Using AI, distributed systems and large-scale data processing, they're solving genuinely complex engineering problems—and they're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help shape the next stage of growth. 💡 The Opportunity As one of the most senior engineers in the business, you'll own the evolution of the core data platform, driving architecture across backend infrastructure while partnering closely with product and application teams. This is a rare opportunity to influence technical direction, mentor engineers, and build systems that operate at serious scale. 🔧 You'll be: ✅ Leading architecture across backend and data infrastructure ✅ Scaling databases, streaming systems, queues and caching layers ✅ Driving reliability, observability and platform performance ✅ Helping define engineering best practices as the company scales 🛠️ Tech Stack • Python & Go • PostgreSQL & ClickHouse • Grafana, Prometheus & Mimir • Distributed systems & high-scale infrastructure 🎯 They're looking for: ✔️ 9+ years building high-performance backend or infrastructure systems ✔️ Strong experience with distributed systems and large-scale platforms ✔️ Someone who enjoys solving hard engineering problems and leading by example If you're looking for a genuinely high-impact Staff Engineer role where you'll have real ownership, work alongside exceptional engineers, and help build one of London's most exciting AI businesses, I'd love to chat. Staff Software Engineer | Staff Engineer | Principal Engineer | Backend | Python | Go | Distributed Systems | AI | London