Senior Backend Engineer (Go) - AI startup

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI startup is seeking Senior Backend Engineers specialized in Go to join their growing team. The role involves designing and managing scalable, distributed systems for their innovative AI products. Candidates should have a strong background in programming with Go, along with experience in cloud platforms and modern software architectures. This position offers an attractive salary and equity in a dynamic work environment focused on cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience building scalable, high-performance applications.
• Strong programming skills in Go (Golang).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain performant services in Go for real-time systems.
• Collaborate in defining, designing, and shipping new features.
• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and secure.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

Microservices architecture

Event-driven design

Scalable applications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

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Senior Backend Engineer (Go) - AI startup, northampton

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Client:

Few&Far

Location:

northampton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

? SEED stage AI startup; Custom LLMs for Financial Services

? Package: £80k - £120k base salary + a chunk of equity + benefits

? UK Remote-First (occasional meet-ups in London, paid for)

We’re looking for 2 x experienced Backend Go Engineers to join an AI startup about to raise £10M in new funding

The product is a Generative AI company pioneering the development of customizable, privacy-preserving AI solutions; custom LLMs tailored to integrate seamlessly into enterprise applications, particularly within the financial sector.

A company of 10, the Co-Founders have PhDs in the AI/ML field & are looking for their 3rd and 4th Backend Engineers to keep up with client demand for Product Development

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain performant services in Go, playing a key role in designing and building real-time, distributed systems that scale effortlessly and perform reliably under high load.
• Collaborate with Founders and the Frontend Engineering team to define, design, and ship new features
• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and secure
• Work with cloud infrastructure, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
• Take part in code reviews, architecture discussions, and performance tuning

What We’re Looking For

• A Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a closely related field
• 4+ years experience building scalable, high-performance, real-time applications
• Strong programming skills in Go (Golang)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools

Bonus Points For

• Contributions to open-source projects
• Contributions to an AI product

If scalability, security, databases and performance is your thing, looking for high ownership and impact - this role is for you!

Please apply with an up to date CV and we will be in touch with next steps