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Design, build, and scale backend systems with cross-stack work and mentor junior engineers. | Strong backend and scalable system skills, product mindset, API design experience, and TypeScript proficiency. | Senior Software Engineer - Up to £160,000 - London Title: Senior Software Engineer Company: AI Startup Location: London (Hybrid) Pay: Up to £160,000 Additional: Very strong stock options Company: A recently funded AI start up, spun out from an elite academic institution are looking to grow their software engineering team, specifically with a mission-critical hire to help scale their systems holistically while leading new development. They are combining incredibly niche domain expertise with AI to conduct research and development in the physical world. Role: - This is a backend-biased position but given the size of the team you will be working across the stack when needed - Build scalable, performant systems - Design and deliver end-to-end features with direct impact on customer value - Work with product and ML teams to help translate abstract and complex concepts into concrete software - Own key architectural decisions - Continually make incremental improvements to their systems - Help the team scale by mentoring junior team members - Play a significant role in the future direction of the software function About you: - Strong ability across scalable and performant systems - You have a product mindset - Statically typed language experience - Experience with API design - Low ego and love of engineering - Good TypeScript skills Full details are available. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with max@platform-recruitment.com to learn more.