Engineering Full-Time

Senior Backend Engineer (UK)

Specter • London, UK

Company

Specter

Annual salary

Not disclosed

Location

London, UK

Listed

67d ago

Experience:: 5 to 15 years
Workplace:: 5 days in-office in London (if London-based); remote across UK/Europe for non-London candidates
Visa:: Visa sponsorship available
Equity:: Competitive equity

Hybrid in London, UK. Visa sponsorship available.

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About this Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with 5-15 years of experience to join Specter's engineering team and build the production infrastructure powering our agentic AI capabilities. You'll be a strong individual contributor who loves shipping real features used by real people, in this case, 300+ leading VC and PE firms discovering insights in private markets. We need someone who is killer in Python, has deep experience building and deploying APIs at scale, and is excited about using AI in their work. This is a rare opportunity to join a small, fast-moving team at an inflection point where your backend expertise will directly shape the next generation of AI-powered investment tools.

What will you be doing?

Building and shipping production-grade backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI that power Specter's AI features
Developing the infrastructure and orchestration layer for agentic AI capabilities within the product
Working closely with databases (Postgres, ClickHouse) to enable intelligent data retrieval and AI-driven analysis
Mentoring teammates and contributing to engineering best practices as the team scales from ~7 to 30+ people

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The listing gives the location as London, UK. 5 days in-office in London (if London-based); remote across UK/Europe for non-London candidates. Visa sponsorship available.