Some engineering roles are about building something entirely new. Others are about taking a product that already solves real problems at scale and helping shape what comes next.
This sits firmly in the second category.
We’re working with a SaaS business operating in the information security, compliance and governance space.
Their platform helps organisations navigate complex standards and regulatory requirements, replacing fragmented spreadsheets and manual processes with something structured, auditable and scalable.
They’ve already built a product with market traction, an established customer base, and a platform used by organisations where trust, security and compliance matter.
Now the challenge becomes how that platform evolves technically as both regulation and technology continue to shift.
AI is a big part of that.
As organisations adopt AI more aggressively, the conversation moves beyond “can we use it?” towards “how do we govern it responsibly?”. Auditability, traceability, risk management and operational oversight are becoming core engineering and product challenges, not just compliance exercises.
That creates an interesting environment for engineers.
You're joining a business already operating at scale, where the focus is now on evolving the platform, improving engineering capability, and building systems that support the next generation of governance and compliance challenges.
Why this role is interesting:
A product with real commercial traction
→ established SaaS platform already solving meaningful customer problems
→ giving you the opportunity to work on systems used in genuinely operational environments
Interesting technical and domain complexity
→ governance, auditability, workflow management and compliance at scale
→ creating engineering problems tied directly to real-world business risk
AI governance shaping future platform direction
→ rapidly evolving standards creating new product and engineering challenges
→ giving engineers influence over how the platform evolves technically
Engineering maturity without excessive bureaucracy
→ established enough to have meaningful scale and structure
→ while still being small enough for engineers to have visible impact
A business where technology is central to growth
→ product and engineering sit close to the core commercial strategy
→ rather than operating as a support function
You’ll:
- Build and evolve backend services primarily using Python.
- Work closely with product and engineering teams on how the platform develops.
- Contribute to architectural and technical decision making.
- Improve scalability, reliability and maintainability across the platform.
- Help evolve engineering standards, tooling and development practices over time.
- Work on problems tied to governance, compliance and increasingly AI-related operational challenges.
What we’re looking for:
- Approx. 5 years+ Python engineering experience within modern SaaS environments.
- Experience building scalable backend systems and APIs.
- Solid understanding of relational databases, distributed systems and cloud environments.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and a pragmatic approach to delivery.
- Engineers who enjoy solving product and business problems, not just writing code in isolation.
- Experience within compliance, security, governance or regulated environments beneficial but not essential.
Location:
UK Remote-first, with periodic team meetups in England South.
Package:
Up to £90k per annum + package.
If this looks like a role for you, please apply now
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