At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and scale backend services for cutting-edge real-time AI products.
- Company: Fast-scaling AI company with a focus on innovative technology.
- Benefits: Remote work, competitive salary, equity, and strong engineering culture.
- Other info: Join a remote-first team with opportunities for meaningful ownership and growth.
- Why this job: Tackle challenging real-time systems problems and make a significant impact.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in backend engineering, strong Python skills, and experience with distributed systems.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
We're partnered with a fast-scaling AI company building infrastructure powering real-time voice AI at scale. They're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help evolve the core backend platform, focused on scalability, reliability, and performance across real-time AI systems.
What You'll Be Doing
- Building and scaling backend platform services powering real-time AI products
- Breaking down monolithic systems into high-performance distributed services
- Improving observability, deployment processes, and platform reliability
- Working across LLM, speech, and telephony infrastructure
- Optimising systems for low latency and high throughput workloads
- Improving internal tooling and overall developer experience
What They're Looking For
- 5+ years backend engineering experience
- Strong Python engineering background with some Go experience
- Experience building distributed systems and microservices
- Comfortable working on performance-critical, real-time systems
- Experience decomposing monolithic architectures
- Strong fundamentals around system design, scalability, and reliability
Tech
- Python / Go
- Distributed systems & microservices
- LLMs, speech systems, and real-time AI infrastructure
- Modern cloud, deployment, and observability tooling
Why It's Interesting
- High-impact engineering role within a rapidly scaling AI company
- Opportunity to work on genuinely difficult real-time systems problems
- Strong engineering culture with meaningful ownership
- Remote-first environment with competitive salary and equity
If you enjoy backend systems engineering and want to work close to modern AI infrastructure at scale, this is worth a conversation.
Senior Software Engineer - AI - Remote in Leeds employer: Atarus
Join a dynamic and rapidly scaling AI company that prioritises innovation and collaboration in a remote-first environment. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be part of a strong engineering culture that values meaningful ownership and offers competitive salaries along with equity options. With ample opportunities for professional growth and the chance to tackle complex real-time systems challenges, this role is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in the AI landscape.
