Principal AI Infra Engineer — Remote, Flexible Hours

ORI; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI infrastructure startup in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive the design and development of critical systems. The role involves architecting backend services, implementing scalable APIs, and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have expertise in Golang and distributed systems. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £85,000 to £125,000, along with remote work flexibility and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours

30 days of annual leave

Health & Wellbeing

Gympass subscription

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Golang and cloud-native backend development.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals, with hands-on experience building operators.
• Deep experience designing and deploying distributed systems and APIs in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build core backend services in Go that power AI infrastructure.
• Design and implement scalable APIs (gRPC/REST) and backend systems.
• Collaborate closely with platform, infrastructure, and ML teams.

Skills

Golang

Cloud-native backend development

Distributed systems and APIs

Kubernetes

DevOps

PostgreSQL

Job description

A leading AI infrastructure startup in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive the design and development of critical systems. The role involves architecting backend services, implementing scalable APIs, and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have expertise in Golang and distributed systems. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from £85,000 to £125,000, along with remote work flexibility and comprehensive benefits.