fanvue.com - Staff Software Engineer
Requirements
• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building and shipping at scale • Proven track record with distributed systems serving tens of millions of MAU • Deep expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, Go, and AWS • Strong experience with PostgreSQL at scale, including query optimisation, partitioning, and replication • Experience with service-oriented architectures and decomposition patterns (Strangler Fig, domain-driven design) • Familiarity with AI and ML infrastructure, including vector databases, embeddings, and LLM APIs • Fluent with AI-assisted development tools and keen to help teams adopt them effectively • A natural mentor who elevates other engineers through example, not authority • Strong communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for any audience • ✨ YOU'LL THRIVE HERE IF • You want to apply your experience where it will have immediate, visible impact • You enjoy being the person others turn to for hard problems • You care about building systems that last, not just shipping features • You are motivated by mentoring and raising the bar for teams • You are excited about the intersection of AI and platform engineering • ⚠️ YOU'LL STRUGGLE HERE IF • You prefer management or strategy over hands-on engineering
Responsibilities
• Lead technical initiatives that directly impact platform scalability and reliability • Scale our systems from PostgreSQL to event-driven architecture, designing for tens of millions of MAU • Drive monolith-to-services decomposition using proven patterns you have executed before • Design and implement database optimisation strategies for high-throughput workloads • Build and scale AI infrastructure, including vector stores, embedding pipelines, and LLM orchestration • Architect systems for AI-powered features, including automated chat, content moderation, and recommendations • Use AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate delivery and help define team standards • Build platform primitives that enable other teams to ship faster • Mentor engineers across the organisation through code reviews, design sessions, and pairing • Contribute to architecture decisions and technical strategy • Participate in incident response and drive reliability improvements • You see mentoring as outside your job description • You are resistant to AI tools changing how engineering works
Benefits
• Sunday Times Best Places to Work, two years running. We don't just say we have great culture, we prove it • Fanvue supports hundreds of thousands of creators and millions of fans globally. The problems you solve here are real and immediate • AI-native engineering: we are not bolting AI on. It is core to our product and how we build • A company that values deep technical excellence, not just management progression • Series A momentum: triple-digit growth means the problems you solve today define the platform for years • Work alongside engineers who have shipped at scale across leading tech companies • Fully remote with unlimited PTO, flexible working hours, a London office and WeWork access when you want it • Salary reviews every six months, we don't wait for annual cycles to recognise your growth • Travel and office budgets for team off-sites or kitting out your home setup • Benefits package including gym memberships, apps, and more we're actively building out • ⭐ Fanvue is for Everyone • We believe the best teams are built on diversity of thought, background, and experience. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or age. What matters to us is potential, mindset, and what you will build.
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