Founding Backend Architect, Agentic Commerce (Hybrid)

Few&Far; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 126,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid London office (Shoreditch)

Strong equity

Job summary

Few&Far is building the trust and risk layer for autonomous commerce. You will work directly with the Founders to build the product end-to-end, from architecture and early prototypes through to production.

The initial focus is on the backend of the agentic commerce infrastructure, risk engine and payment flows, with cross-team work in ML and UX. You’ll influence technical direction, decide on stack and engineering approach, and shape the product in a hands-on 0-1 startup environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend engineering skills with full-stack capability.
• Experience shipping production software end-to-end.
• Experience building something from 0-1 in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Experience working with ML/AI systems or infrastructure.
• Strong product instincts and customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Build the product end-to-end with the Founders, from architecture to production.
• Influence the technical direction, stack choices, and engineering approach.
• Focus on backend infrastructure, risk engine and payments flows.
• Collaborate across ML/AI and UX to integrate end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

Full-stack capability

Production software

ML/AI systems experience

Product instincts

High agency and low ego

Job description

Few&Far is building the trust and risk layer for autonomous commerce. You will work directly with the Founders to build the product end-to-end, from architecture and early prototypes through to production.

The initial focus is on the backend of the agentic commerce infrastructure, risk engine and payment flows, with cross-team work in ML and UX. You’ll influence technical direction, decide on stack and engineering approach, and shape the product in a hands-on 0-1 startup environment.