About this role
Salary: £55,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements: Strong academic background in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related scientific software field.Strong software engineering skills in modern languages, ideally Python and Rust.Experience designing systems and the APIs between them, including services that coordinate work, manage state, and handle failure.Focus on code quality.Mid-level to senior-level engineering experience.Some experience with cloud computing or HPC job management, such as Slurm.Knowledge of identity and authorization flows such as OIDC/OAuth2.Experience deploying containerized services on Linux, such as Podman.Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Ansible or OpenTofu.Familiarity with modern Python tooling and packaging, such as uv.Experience with data storage and pipelines, including large simulation results and model serving.Experience with APIs, REST, WebSockets, such as FastAPI. Responsibilities: Join our dedicated team as a Backend Engineer and help design the platform layer.Work collaboratively with engineers and scientists on complex engineering systems.Contribute to the design of systems and the APIs between them.Build services that coordinate work, manage state, and handle failure.Support the development of cloud or HPC-based workflows.Help shape backend architecture with a strong emphasis on code quality. Technologies: AnsibleBackendCloudFastAPISupportLinuxPodmanPythonRESTRustAPI More:
We are an exciting deeptech start-up focused on optimizing complex engineering systems. We offer hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home, along with a very generous base salary dependent on skills and experience. Our benefits include shares, 30 days holiday plus time off between Christmas and New Year, private healthcare, a pension plan, life assurance, and more. We work closely with engineers and scientists in a cutting-edge environment where you will have a real say in how our platform layer is designed.
last updated 29 week of 2026