Generalist Engineer, Thema
£70-90k
2+ days a week in office
The AI platform that maps any market, instantly
Job no longer available
The AI platform that maps any market, instantly
1-20 employees
Job no longer available
£70-90k
2+ days a week in office
1-20 employees
Company mission
To be the world leading source for understanding markets.
Role
Who you are
- Python (strong proficiency) 3–5 years of experience building backend systems in production, working with modern Python (async and type hints)
- SQL (proficient) fluency with a solid understanding of the underlying query execution model
- Backend & Data: Comfortable working with distributed, data-intensive systems
- Code Standards: Ability to write high-quality code using modern testing and linting approaches
- Work close to the data: You’re confident analysing outputs, spotting issues, and understand what’s flowing through the pipeline
- Delivery mindset: You take ownership, unblock teammates, and focus on getting things over the line
Desirable
- Rust (bonus, not required) experience or interest in Rust, which we use extensively in our web index
What the job involves
- Develop our backend which comprises multiple services and a proprietary in-memory vector database
- Develop our Data & ML pipelines, from loading third-party data to extracting products, segmenting industries, and multi-vector embedding
- Maintain our systems monitoring production, debugging and diagnosing issues, and ensure they run efficiently at scale
- Manage our infrastructure, using Infrastructure as Code to provision services reliably in the cloud
- Work closely with the CTO and collaborate with R&D and Product teams to design, build, and deliver features quickly
Application process
- 1. Interview with the CEO
- 2. Interview with the CTO
- 3. Technical task
- 4. Lunch with the Founders (Cultural fit)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Thema is a deep-tech AI company building the foundational infrastructure to understand how the economy is connected.
It does this by processing hundreds of terabytes of data and develops novel embedding techniques to crack the problem of company similarity and track how markets evolve over time.
With backing from top investors, support from the UK government, and partnerships with world-class institutions like Cambridge and Sanford, Thema sure is making a name for itself.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Employee endorsements
Intelligent people
"Working with genuine experts in their fields across commercial, AI research and engineering has had a huge impact on me whilst at Thema. It's hugely..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2024
$1.4m
Grant
Mar 2024
$3.3m
Seed
Total funding: $4.7m
Company benefits
- Early-Stage: Join pre-Series A with meaningful equity and amazing opportunity for growth
- Real Ownership: Take on core systems and have a tangible impact
- Start-of-the-art AI native stack: Work with leading AI researchers, helping to engineer a world-class product with genuine innovation
- High-Spec Equipment: We’ll kit you out with a top of the range development laptop, and any tools you need to succeed
- Hybrid & Flexible: Work from London & remotely, with quarterly off-sites in different locations (e.g. Lisbon)
Company values
- Operate at the Frontier - Build at the edge of what’s possible in AI and engineering
- You Ain’t Gonna Need It (YAGNI) - Use what already exists. Only build what’s needed
- Unblock Each Other - Step in. Step up. Success is a team sport
- No Room for Ego - Decide on merit. The best idea wins - always
- Honest Conversations Early - Say it early. Say it straight. Candour clears the path
Company HQ
Spitalfields, London, UK
Leadership
Finn MacCabe
(CEO)Founded Zero 1, raising £20M+ from FTSE 100 Corporates and VCs. Board Member at Lifted (Series A VC-backed).
Jonathan Lifschutz
(CTO)Ex-Head of Engineering at msk.ai (exited). MSc in Computer Science & Cambridge University alumni.
Dimo Angelov
(Chief Data Scientist)PhD in AI, ex-Senior Data Scientist for the Canadian Government. Creator of Top2Vec (https://github.com/ddangelov/Top2Vec) 3k+ GitHub stars.
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