At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build an AI-native platform, managing the entire technical lifecycle.
- Company: Join Handshaik, a high-growth startup backed by industry leaders.
- Benefits: Competitive salary of £90k plus equity and remote work flexibility.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic environment with strong career growth potential.
- Why this job: Be a foundational engineer with direct influence on cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: 7+ years in software development with expertise in Python, React, and AWS.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
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Company Description: Handshaik - AI-native company intelligence platform backed by Big Change founder Martin Port.
Job
Description: Join a high-growth startup as a foundational engineer building an AI-native platform for M&A and private equity.
You will own the entire technical lifecycle—from architecting Python/Fast API backends and React frontends to managing AWS infrastructure and integrating LLMs via Bedrock.
This role offers direct influence over the company's technical future.
Why this role is remarkable
- Significant ownership as a foundational hire, working directly with the CTO and founders to define engineering standards and product roadmap.
- High-performance technical stack involving AI-driven search, vector databases (pgvector), and agent-based workflows at the frontier of dealmaking technology.
- Strong commercial backing from the Big Change ecosystem and Cambridge AI researchers, moving rapidly toward product-market fit with active early customers.
What you will do
- Design, build, and operate a production Saa S platform using Python (Fast API), React, and Postgre SQL, ensuring high performance and security.
- Architect and scale cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, ECS, and Lambda while maintaining multi-tenant security and ISO 27001 standards.
- Develop and optimize hybrid search capabilities and data pipelines, integrating LLMs to automate complex research tasks for dealmakers.
The ideal candidate
- 7+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade systems in startup or small-company environments with a strong bias for action.
- Expert proficiency across the full stack, specifically Python, React/Type Script, Postgre SQL, and hands-on AWS infrastructure management.
- Proven ability to make sound architectural decisions independently and a genuine enthusiasm for leveraging AI to solve fragmented manual workflows.
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