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Staff Backend Software Engineer - GO & Python

PhysicsX
Location
London, United Kingdom
Posted
27 days ago
Department
Product
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Strong Kubernetes experience, including comfort with CRDs, Operators, and infrastructure configuration tools such as Helm or ArgoCD
  • Strong command of Go, plus working knowledge of Python
  • Experience deploying and supporting services in more than one production environment
  • An ML platform background or prior data science experience
  • Strong communication and organisational skills
  • Prior experience mentoring or developing other engineers
Nice to have
  • Comfort with Rust
  • Experience at an ML focused startup or platform company
  • Understanding of what it takes to build and support software across cloud, on premises, and air gapped environments
  • Experience with big data systems and analytics at scale in production
  • Side projects, open source contributions, or things you have built for their own sake
What the job really is

In this role, you will design and build distributed systems and APIs for high-dimensional simulation data, focusing on the machine learning lifecycle. You'll collaborate closely with the infrastructure team, mentor other engineers, and remain hands-on with coding. The position requires strong communication skills and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, as the scope may evolve due to team reorganization.

Benefits
  • Equity options
  • 10% employer pension contribution
  • Free office lunches
  • Flexible working
  • Hybrid setup
  • Enhanced parental leave
Things to weigh
  • The role may evolve as team structures settle, so the scope is intentionally broad
  • This is a software engineering role, not an ML research role, so a focus on coding is expected
  • The company is in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift frequently
Job score3.4/5
Benefits5/5
Freshness4/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity4/5
Pay transparency0/5

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