Senior Backend Engineer (Go, Kubernetes, microservices, GCP)
🤖 SEED stage AI startup; Custom LLMs for Financial Services
đź’· Package: ÂŁ80k - ÂŁ120k base salary + a chunk of equity + benefits
đź“Ť UK Remote-First (occasional meet-ups in London, paid for)
We’re looking for 2 x experienced Backend Go Engineers to join an AI startup about to raise £10M in new funding
The product is a Generative AI company pioneering the development of customizable, privacy-preserving AI solutions; custom LLMs tailored to integrate seamlessly into enterprise applications, particularly within the financial sector.
A company of 10, the Co-Founders have PhDs in the AI/ML field & are looking for their 3rd and 4th Backend Engineers to keep up with client demand for Product Development
What You’ll Do
* Design, develop, and maintain performant services in Go, playing a key role in designing and building real-time, distributed systems that scale effortlessly and perform reliably under high load.
* Collaborate with Founders and the Frontend Engineering team to define, design, and ship new features
* Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and secure
* Work with cloud infrastructure, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
* Take part in code reviews, architecture discussions, and performance tuning
What We’re Looking For
* A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a closely related field
* 4+ years experience building scalable, high-performance, real-time applications
* Strong programming skills in Go (Golang)
* Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design
* Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
* Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools
Bonus Points For
* Contributions to open-source projects
* Contributions to an AI product
⚙️ Tech Stack: Golang, GCP, microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka, MongoDB, Prometheus
If scalability, security, databases and performance is your thing, looking for high ownership and impact - this role is for you!
Please apply with an up to date CV and we will be in touch with next steps