Founding Platform Engineer - High-Performance Systems

iForce Connect; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking a founding engineer in London with ownership of complex, end-to-end systems, from architecture to production support. You will craft high-performance, fault-tolerant platforms across multiple languages and data pipelines, operating with high autonomy in a flat, accountable environment.

You will shape the foundational tech stack, drive architectural decisions, and establish engineering standards as the team scales, while ensuring security, resilience, and measurable

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in algorithms, systems design and performance tuning.
• Experience with multi-language stacks and high-throughput systems.
• Production operations: deployment, monitoring, and reliability practices.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery from problem definition to production deployment.
• Architect and build foundational platform components.
• Set engineering standards and ensure scalable, robust designs.
• Identify bottlenecks and drive performance optimisations across the stack.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

TypeScript

Financial data knowledge

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

Zohorecruit is seeking a founding engineer in London with ownership of complex, end-to-end systems, from architecture to production support. You will craft high-performance, fault-tolerant platforms across multiple languages and data pipelines, operating with high autonomy in a flat, accountable environment.

You will shape the foundational tech stack, drive architectural decisions, and establish engineering standards as the team scales, while ensuring security, resilience, and measurable