Job Title
Staff Software Engineer
Salary
£120k-£180k + Equity
Company Description
22M Series A creator monetisation platform with $100M+ ARR
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Extraordinary traction with 450% year-on-year growth and $100M+ ARR, recently named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in 2025.
- Pure technical leadership role with a proven IC career track, allowing you to solve complex scaling challenges without being forced into management.
- AI‑native engineering environment where you will design vector stores and LLM orchestration as core product components, not just bolted‑on features.
What You Will Do
- Lead the monolith‑to‑services decomposition using proven patterns like Strangler Fig and domain‑driven design for a high‑growth platform.
- Design and implement scalable AI infrastructure including vector databases, embedding pipelines, and LLM orchestration to power automated chat and moderation.
- Architect and optimise database strategies for high‑throughput workloads to support tens of millions of monthly active users.
The ideal candidate
- 10+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience building and shipping distributed systems at scale for high‑growth consumer platforms.
- Deep technical expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS, with a track record of managing PostgreSQL at massive scale.
- Fluent with AI‑assisted development tools like Cursor and Claude Code, with the ability to mentor other engineers in adopting these technologies.
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