Senior Software Engineer, Count
£100-140k
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A collaborative data analysis platform built around an infinite canvas.
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A collaborative data analysis platform built around an infinite canvas.
1-20 employees
Job no longer available
£100-140k
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1-20 employees
Company mission
Count's mission is to reimagine the analytical workflow and make data accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for experienced software engineers who are interested in tackling deep technical challenges in data analytics
- Have at least 4 years of professional experience shipping features as a full-stack engineer
- Have experience working in a high-growth startup
- Love inventing solutions to complex technical challenges
- Are driven by a passion to create amazing user experiences
- Are comfortable working autonomously and taking responsibility for the delivery of large technical projects
- Are eager to learn from others and collaborative in helping others learn
- Want to shape the future of data analytics and visualization
What the job involves
- As an early hire, you’ll work closely with the founders on shaping the future direction for Count and be responsible for shipping entire features. Due to our small scale and flat structure, you’ll work autonomously on business critical projects, and collaborate with others throughout our team and user base
- Our tech stack includes TypeScript, Python, Node, WebAssembly, WebGL, Apache Arrow, DuckDB, Kubernetes and React
- For the best possible user experience, we have developed various technologies in-house, including a custom WebGL rendering engine, data visualization library, reactive SQL/Python notebook, and database query framework
- Some of the projects you could work on include:
- Accelerating rendering using quadtree tiling
- Extending the interactivity and customizability of visualizations
- Leveraging LLMs in data exploration
- Developing serverless frameworks for executing database queries at high concurrency
Application process
- An initial discussion (30-45 mins) for you to ask any questions you have about Count and for us to learn more about your experience and interests
- A working session with our engineers (2-3 hours), where we'll dive into the stack and work with you through a technical challenge that we have faced recently
- A final meeting with our founders (45-60 mins)
- The working session and final meeting will take place either virtually or in London, depending on where you're based
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Although technology has developed quickly in the past years, the way we analyze SQL has remained unchanged. Many businesses fail to make data-driven decisions due to the complexity of traditional data software. Count is a technology startup that is setting out to solve this problem by building a next-generation SQL editor that provides SQL analysts with a modern analytical workflow.
Count enables data teams to find and share insights quickly, supercharging decision-making across their organisation. It provides a seamless workflow for SQL analysis, letting data teams explore their data in a reactive SQL notebook, collaborate in real-time and publish their results as beautiful, interactive data apps that their whole organisation can use.
Count's primary target audience is early-stage tech companies and has been steadily increasing its customer base since raising $2.4 million in seed funding in 2020. Though its team remains small, Count has been intermittently releasing updates to its platform to increase its clients' rates of data distribution. Count, then, evidently continues to remain proactive despite its period of relative quiet through the 2020s.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
33% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Intelligent people
"Everyone I work with excels at what they do. I've never worked in a team before with the same capacity to pick up a problem, completely understand..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2020
$2.5m
SEED
Sep 2017
$2.4m
SEED
Total funding: $4.9m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary, pension and share options
- 28 days of holiday (plus public holidays)
- Private health care
- Generous parental leave
- Quarterly meetups with the team to relax and brainstorm, each time in a different city
Company values
- Remote first - We're building a remote team to enjoy the flexibility and comfort of home, while growing a global business.
- Creativity wins - Great ideas can come from anywhere, so we ensure everyone in our team the freedom and autonomy to explore, not just do.
- Balance - Our work is important to us, and we know we do it best when we actively maintain a good work-life balance.
- Team play - We optimise for team success over individual success. Everyone’s problems are my problems.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Oliver Hughes
(CEO)Studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Previously Consultant at Stroud Consulting, Juice Supply Chain Analyst at innocent drinks and UK Operational Development Project Manager at Tesco.
Oliver Pike
(CTO)Earned a PhD in Physics from Imperial College London. Previously Senior Associate - Strategy Group at PwC UK and Research Associate at Imperial College London.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Count
- We're committed to building a diverse team. Whatever your race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability, we want to hear from you
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