Senior Software Engineer, Focaldata

• 5+ years of coding experience (3+ years with Python building applications as opposed to purely scripting)
• Strong experience working with LLMs (large language models) in a practical, product-driven context
• Experience with evaluation systems: Comfortable writing and leveraging evals to measure and improve system performance
• Backend-heavy product experience: Solid background in backend engineering, ideally in products with complex infrastructure
• Strong systems thinking: Ability to see the bigger picture, considering both short-term and long-term impacts of technical decisions
• Autonomy: Proven ability to take ownership of projects, working end-to-end with minimal supervision while aligning with high-level, often ambiguous product requirements
• Communication excellence: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively at all levels—be it with your peers, your manager, or non-technical stakeholders
• Problem-solving focus: A laser-like focus on identifying and solving critical path issues, ensuring progress for yourself and your team

Desirable

• As a Senior Software Engineer working on our agentic AI product, you will:
• Deliver High-Standard Code: Develop clean, efficient, and maintainable code that meets the highest standards and prioritises simplicity over cleverness
• Unblock Team Members: Identify blockers in the development process, proactively assist and guide fellow team members, and resolve technical roadblocks promptly to ensure smooth progress
• Decompose Complex Tech Challenges: Break down complex, high-level product requirements into smaller, manageable technical deliverables. You will manage the breakdown of epics into tasks to ensure clear progress and communication
• Provide Senior-Level Insight & Pragmatism: Bring your experience and seniority to the table by making well-considered decisions that balance trade-offs. Ensure that decisions, whether technical or architectural, are clearly communicated and understandable to both peers and leaders
• Champion Quality & Best Practices: Operate in a startup tech team environment that is growing to the next level, and champion best practices to ensure scalability and maintainability
• Go where you’re needed: We’re a small startup engineering team and while we really need expertise in AI, there will also be a need for you to contribute to a wide range of different software engineering work