Senior Software Engineer

Velocity Tech
London
1 year ago
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Velocity Tech is partnered with an innovative AI company founded in 2021, focused on developing the most advanced business AI video system on the market. Leveraging next-generation video artificial intelligence, they provide groundbreaking insights and a superior user experience, outperforming traditional competitors in the video security industry.


The Team

This dynamic team was founded by industry leaders with a wealth of expertise in AI and robotics. As part of this team, you'll tackle complex challenges at the intersection of user experience, machine learning, and infrastructure, all while contributing to an environment focused on excellence and fast-paced delivery.


The Role

The company is seeking an experienced engineer to help scale their system to accommodate growing user demand. With a tech stack that includes front-end, backend, edge-computing, and machine learning technologies, you will take charge of a significant portion of their backend architecture.


Key responsibilities include:

  • Designing and implementing APIs, databases, and data pipelines.
  • Ensuring the system scales efficiently, has full observability, and maintains cost-effectiveness.
  • Owning the end-to-end delivery of features, maintaining high service levels, and resolving any issues.
  • Supporting teams working on front-end, edge-computing, and machine learning.

This is a full-time, in-office role, five days a week.


Requirements

  • 5+ years of industry experience with building systems at scale.
  • Proficiency in backend technologies: FastAPI, Python3, Docker, Postgres, Redis.
  • Experience designing, implementing, debugging, scaling, and optimizing APIs, databases, and pipelines at large traffic levels.
  • Ideally, experience with front-end technologies (React, React Native), infrastructure-as-code (Pulumi on AWS), monitoring tools (Sentry, Grafana), and authentication systems (Auth0).
  • High motivation to succeed and a strong work ethic.

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