Polyglot Software Engineer
Hybrid – Southampton (1 day fortnightly) | £60–80k + Equity | Deep-Tech Startup | £60B Market Opportunity
We’re working with an early-stage deep-tech startup that’s gunning for a slice of the £60B SQL database market — and doing so with serious technical firepower.
Fresh off a £1.They’re building a platform that makes databases interchangeable — allowing enterprise applications to move seamlessly between different SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.) Think: zero-downtime migrations, deep system integration, and high-performance virtualisation.
Building features for a next-gen database virtualisation platform
Tackling performance, scalability, and system interoperability challenges
Writing clean, well-tested code in multiple languages
Working cross-functionally with product, DevOps, and architecture teams
Helping shape the technical roadmap and scaling engineering processes
Proficiency in 3+ languages (e.g., C++, TypeScript, Python, Java, Rust)
Strong fundamentals in algorithms, systems design, and data structures
Experience with SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle)
Deep understanding of database internals or data migration
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps tooling (e.g., Linux, C++, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, LLVM
Be part of building something technically ambitious and commercially disruptive
✅ Equity on offer — strong long-term upside
This one’s perfect for engineers who love tough problems, clean design, and working across languages and platforms. If that’s you, drop me a message and let’s have a chat.