Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Encord · London
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Job description
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.
Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. 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.
The role
We're looking for great engineers with experience building the backend of highly performant systems that can handle very large volumes of unstructured and structured data. Customers use our platform to store, query, analyse, and manipulate billions of items of data — and we need to ensure these operations are fast and reliable at massive scale.
For this role we are particularly interested in engineers with 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.
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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.
What you'll do
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
Who we're looking for
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
Experience requirements
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
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
Monthly socials & bi-annual team offsites
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