Senior Backend Architect for AI Data Systems

Encord; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity

London office culture

Learning & development budget

UK & Europe travel

Team lunches

Team offsites

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Encord is hiring for a backend-focused engineer to join Foundations, the backend backbone powering a multimodal AI data platform. You will own significant data-system projects end-to-end, designing and deploying scalable architectures that stay fast under heavy load.

You will work with Python and TypeScript, and a statically typed language (Rust/C++/Java/Go) across distributed systems. You’ll collaborate across teams to raise the bar through reviews, testing and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Python and TypeScript, with strong knowledge of one statically typed language (e.g., Rust, C++, Java, or Go).
• Solid grounding in distributed systems concepts and how they behave under load.
• Deep understanding of CS fundamentals, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience owning services in production and improving quality through code reviews, testing, rollout and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Own significant projects in our data systems end to end: design, architecture, deployment, monitoring and measuring the impact you made
• Build distributed systems that stay fast and correct under load, and reason carefully about every way they can fail
• Shape performant protocols and APIs, that customers build directly on top of
• Find simple solutions to complex domains at scale, and know when boring technology wins
• Raise the bar for everyone around you through code reviews, pairing and sharing what you know

Skills

Python

Typescript

Rust

C++

Java

Go

Job description

Encord is hiring for a backend-focused engineer to join Foundations, the backend backbone powering a multimodal AI data platform. You will own significant data-system projects end-to-end, designing and deploying scalable architectures that stay fast under heavy load.

You will work with Python and TypeScript, and a statically typed language (Rust/C++/Java/Go) across distributed systems. You’ll collaborate across teams to raise the bar through reviews, testing and monitoring.