PhysicsX

Staff Backend Software Engineer - GO & Python

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6 days ago
London, United KingdomStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and build distributed systems, services, and APIs for high-dimensional simulation data across data processing, model training, and inference.
  • Own cross-team platform and infrastructure work end to end and build effective relationships across ambiguous ownership boundaries.
  • Build tools and automated pipelines for data ingestion and processing that support active learning loops.
  • Architect and integrate storage solutions, data warehouses, and data lakes for complex simulation and deep learning workloads.
  • Deploy and support services across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped production environments.
  • Define system architecture and balance performance, reliability, cost, and developer experience.
  • Author and review Technical Decision Records and contribute to Technology Radar reviews.
  • Mentor and support engineers, including early-career and mid-career colleagues, while remaining hands-on with code.
  • Communicate with engineering, delivery, and customer-facing stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Strong Kubernetes experience, including CRDs, Operators, and infrastructure configuration tools such as Helm or ArgoCD.
  • Strong command of Go and working knowledge of Python; Rust experience is valued.
  • Experience deploying and supporting services across more than one production environment.
  • ML platform or prior data science experience and fluency in how ML practitioners and researchers approach problems.
  • Experience operating at a senior or staff level, or equivalent people leadership experience, in a comparable engineering organization.
  • Prior experience mentoring or developing other engineers.
  • Strong communication, organizational, proactive problem-solving, adaptability, and comfort with ambiguity.
  • Experience with ML-focused startups or platform companies, large-scale infrastructure, cloud/on-premises/air-gapped software, or big-data systems and analytics at scale is preferred.

Benefits

  • Equity options and a 10% employer pension contribution.
  • Free office lunches, private healthcare, enhanced parental leave, and personal development resources.
  • Flexible working with a hybrid Shoreditch office and remote flexibility.
  • Ability to work from anywhere for periods to enjoy the sun or reconnect with loved ones.

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About PhysicsX

201-500 employees

PhysicsX builds an AI-driven simulation software stack that enables high-fidelity, multi-physics modeling and optimization for engineering and manufacturing teams. The company sells software and delivery services to enterprises in aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductors, materials, and energy. It is privately held and headquartered in London, with offices in London and New York.

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