Job Description
Remote – UK / Europe (GMT to GMT+2)
Full-time | Early-stage VC-backed startup
up to £120,000 P/A
We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join a fast-growing, VC-backed startup building developer-facing AI infrastructure.
This is not a typical “CRUD API” role.
You’ll be building and owning the backend foundations behind AI-powered systems used by real users in production — APIs, distributed services, async workflows, data pipelines, and infrastructure that needs to scale reliably.
What You’ll Work On
- Designing and building production-grade APIs used by external developers
- Owning backend services that support AI agents and large data workflows
- Handling async processing, queues, caching, and traffic spikes
- Building systems that process complex or heavy data payloads
- Collaborating closely with Product & Design in a small, high-autonomy team
- Making pragmati...