Staff Backend Engineer

Tenth Revolution Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenth Revolution Group is partnering with a high-growth, deep-tech company to hire a Staff Software Engineer who will architect and build the orchestration engine behind a next-generation physical automation platform. The role is hybrid, requiring 3 days on-site in London.

You'll stay hands-on in Go, real-time streaming and distributed systems, own major technical decisions, and lead experienced Senior Engineers.

Qualifications

• 12+ years engineering experience.
• Strong Go / Golang.
• Real-time, streaming or distributed systems experience.
• Strong architecture and systems engineering fundamentals.
• Experience technically leading Senior Engineers.
• Complex product / 0-1 engineering experience.
• Rust highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build the orchestration engine for a next-generation platform.
• Remain heavily hands-on while making major technical decisions.
• Lead experienced Senior Engineers and shape the technical direction.

Skills

Go

Real-time systems

Distributed systems

Architecture

Technical leadership

Rust

Job description

Staff Software Engineer | Go / Real-Time Systems | £130–170k

Hybrid - 3 Days on-site

We're partnering with a high-growth deep-tech company building the core software behind a next-generation physical automation platform.

They're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help architect and build the underlying orchestration engine — a highly technical environment involving Go, real-time systems, streaming and AI.

You'll remain heavily hands-on while owning major technical decisions and leading experienced Senior Engineers.

• 12+ years engineering experience
• Strong Go / Golang
• Real-time, streaming or distributed systems experience
• Strong architecture and systems engineering fundamentals
• Experience technically leading Senior Engineers
• Complex product / 0-1 engineering experience
• Rust highly desirable