Job Description
?? 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 £1.2M pre-seed and mid-way through a further £7M raise, they already have live enterprise customers and a product solving high-stakes, real-world problems. This is a true ground-floor opportunity - you'll be working on core product and platform decisions, right as they scale their UK engineering team.
The Mission:
They're building a platform that makes databases interchangeable - allowing enterprise applications to move seamlessly between different SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.) without rewriting core logic. Think: zero-downtime migrations, deep system integration, and high-performance virtualisation.
What You'll Be Doing:
* 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
What You'll...