Staff Software Engineer – Up to £160k base (London)

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is partnering with a well-funded AI startup in London to hire a Staff Software Engineer. You will own the core data infrastructure handling millions of events per second, and steer the technical direction across databases, observability, caching, streaming, and performance-critical systems.

Ideal candidates will have strong Python/Go experience and a track record addressing complex performance and scalability challenges in high-growth tech environments. Equity is included.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Python, Go, or similar.
• Experience solving complex performance and scalability challenges.
• Background in high-growth tech companies or scale-ups preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own core data infrastructure powering millions of events per second.
• Drive technical direction across databases, observability, caching, streaming, and perf-critical systems.
• Help the platform scale 10x and beyond.

Skills

Python

Go

Performance optimization

Job description

Staff Software Engineer – Up to £160k base (London)

Up to £160,000 + Equity

We're partnering with a well-funded, high-growth AI startup that is building a next-generation platform at the intersection of artificial intelligence, real-time data, and physical security.

They're looking for a Staff-level Software Engineer to take ownership of the core data infrastructure powering millions of events per second. You'll drive the technical direction across databases, observability, caching, streaming, and performance-critical systems, helping the platform scale 10x and beyond.

• - Proficiency with Python, Go, or similar
• - Experience solving complex performance and scalability challenges
• - Background in high-growth tech companies or scale-ups preferred

This is a chance to join an ambitious, revenue-generating startup backed by leading investors, working alongside a highly accomplished engineering team on genuinely challenging technical problems.

Up to £160,000 + Equity