Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

London, United KingdomOn-site

Requirements

About us Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data.
Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.
We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.
experience building the backend of highly performant systems that can handle very large volumes of unstructured and structured data.
experience in both traditional relational database systems like PostgreSQL and column-oriented analytics systems such as ClickHouse, who have worked on large-scale systems in industries where reliability and performance are critical.
You'll join a small, highly collaborative group at a crucial stage of accelerated development, operating with a high degree of autonomy and crafting performant, reliable, and maintainable solutions to challenging technical problems.
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 Tech stack - 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 Why Encord - 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 -