Senior Backend Engineer (Go) - AI startup

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

Job summary

A rapidly growing AI startup is seeking two experienced Backend Go Engineers to join their team. This role offers a competitive salary of £80k - £120k, equity, and flexibility with remote work. Ideal candidates will have strong Go programming skills and experience with scalable applications, contributing to the development of custom AI solutions for the financial sector.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in building scalable, high-performance applications.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerisation.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain performant services in Go.
• Collaborate with Founders and Frontend Engineering to define new features.
• Ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and secure.

Skills

Programming in Go

Distributed systems

Microservices architecture

Event-driven design

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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oxford district, United Kingdom

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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