encord - Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Requirements
• Experienced: you've seen a lot and built a lot — personally developed and maintained systems from scratch, with a deep understanding of the trade-offs involved in building reliable, performant software at speed • Impact-driven: you want your work to have a tangible outcome for people and aren't satisfied by products that don't see the light of day • A builder: you enjoy all aspects of building a complete product and love problem-solving from first principles • Comfortable with uncertainty: happy to tackle problems without a predefined solution, and excited to make decisions autonomously as you go • A team player: you contribute your best work and actively help others do the same — you enjoy levelling up those around you • Strong backend engineering experience with production-grade systems at large scale • Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse (or similar columnar analytics systems) • Proficiency in Python; experience with Rust is a plus • Familiarity with Kubernetes and GCP • Prior experience in industries where reliability and performance are mission-critical • We are technology agnostic at Encord and not looking for experience across all of these — as long as you're open to learning, please apply. • Backend: Python • Frontend: TypeScript and React • Deployment: Kubernetes • Infrastructure: GCP • Machine learning: PyTorch, CUDA, Ray
Responsibilities
• Build and maintain highly performant backend systems handling billions of items of structured and unstructured data • Work across relational and columnar database systems to ensure fast, reliable query and storage operations at scale • Take end-to-end ownership of projects, from architectural decisions through to deployment, monitoring, and measuring user impact • Work autonomously to drive projects forward while collaborating closely with a lean, high-trust team • Tackle complex infrastructure problems with simple, well-crafted solutions • Take initiative, be proactive in problem-solving, and continuously seek improvements
Benefits
• Competitive salary, commission, and meaningful equity in a high-growth startup • Strong in-person culture — most of the team works from our London office 4+ days/week • 25 days annual leave + UK public holidays • Annual learning & development budget • Travel for customer visits, events, and conferences across the UK and Europe • Company lunches twice a week • Monthly socials & bi-annual team offsites
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