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Staff Software Engineer

LB521
  • £90,000 - £110,000
  • London Area

Staff Software Engineer

Build AI products that businesses rely on every day.


AI is moving fast, but building software that's reliable, scalable and production-ready is where the real challenge lies. If you enjoy solving complex engineering problems and want to help shape the next generation of AI-powered products, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact.


You'll join a well-funded startup where engineers have real ownership, ideas are acted on quickly and you'll help build products from the ground up.



What's in it for you?

  • Competitive salary plus meaningful equity
  • Remote-first across the UK
  • Build products from concept through to production
  • Work alongside experienced software, AI and platform engineers
  • Flexible working, learning budget and regular company offsites


What you'll be doing

  • Build and launch AI-powered products used by customers across multiple industries
  • Design scalable backend services and distributed systems
  • Work closely with ML engineers to productionise AI capabilities
  • Improve platform reliability, tooling and developer experience
  • Influence technical direction and engineering standards


What you'll bring

  • Strong commercial experience with Python
  • A track record of shipping production software
  • Experience with distributed systems and Kubernetes
  • A passion for clean, maintainable engineering
  • Enjoy solving problems across product, platform and infrastructure


Whether you're already operating at Staff level or you're a Senior Engineer ready to take that next step, you'll find plenty of autonomy, technical challenge and room to grow.


Apply today to find out more.

Anna Heneghan Head of Machine Learning & AI Recruitment

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