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Staff Engineer - Content Intelligence Infrastructure

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2 days ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and evolution of data, backend, and ML infrastructure systems.
  • Build scalable infrastructure for multimodal content processing.
  • Partner with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to shape technical strategy.
  • Drive architectural decisions across distributed systems and ML infrastructure.
  • Improve infrastructure for AI and LLM-enabled workflows.
  • Develop reliable systems for high-throughput content processing.
  • Collaborate across organizational boundaries to ensure alignment and quality.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to raising the engineering bar.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience building and scaling large-scale backend and infrastructure systems.
  • Strong technical judgment balancing scalability, reliability, cost, and product needs.
  • Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Python, and/or Scala.
  • Understanding of challenges in processing high-volume multimedia or real-time workloads.
  • Experience with AI and LLMs at large scale, including quality and cost trade-offs.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Effective communication skills across engineering, product, and leadership.
  • Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
  • Strong collaboration and mentorship skills.
  • Exposure to search infrastructure, recommendation systems, or audio processing is a plus.
  • Experience in startup environments or early-stage product areas is highly valued.

Benefits

  • Flexibility to work from London or Stockholm.
  • Hybrid work model allowing for remote work with some in-person meetings.

Tech Stack

Categories

AI & MLBackendData Engineering