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Senior Backend Software Engineer - Core Services

London💼 Full-time💰 $50,000–$95,000🗓 2026-03-26 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and build high-performance, cloud-native back-end systems and scalable APIs to support AI workloads, including LLMs and GPU-based services.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer (Go/Kubernetes)

Builds

Production back-end services, APIs, and tools for model training, inference, and orchestration

Domain

Cloud-native infrastructure supporting AI/ML workloads

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Golang, Kubernetes, gRPC, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Helm, microservice design, distributed systems, unit testing, code reviews

Preferred skills

CI/CD practices, LLM serving (vLLM, KServe), ML inference pipeline tuning

Technologies

Go, Kubernetes, Helm, PostgreSQL, gRPC, REST, vLLM, KServe

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain robust applications and services in Go; Implement secure, reliable APIs (gRPC/REST) and backend systems; Deploy and operate applications in Kubernetes; Contribute to architectural discussions; Maintain high standards for code quality, observability, and maintainability

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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