Founding Backend Engineer (Python / Django)
Pulse Group · London, England ·
London | 4 days onsite, 1 WFH
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Pulse Group are proud to be working with an incredibly exciting AI-native startup building a next-generation product that goes far beyond \"just another chatbot!\"
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They’re creating a proactive AI Lifestyle Operating System for some of the world’s highest-performing founders, athletes and creatives, using AI to actually advise, execute and manage across travel, dining, wellness, experiences and more.
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The business has already raised $12m from an impressive group of investors and is now expanding its founding engineering team.
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This is a genuinely hands-on, high-ownership position working directly alongside the CTO, building the backend infrastructure behind the product and taking features all the way from idea to production.
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What we’re looking for:
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- 5+ years building production backend systems
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- Strong SQL and PostgreSQL knowledge
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- Experience with background processing, ideally Celery
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- Hands-on experience with LLMs or AI infrastructure
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- Cloud-native production experience, ideally GCP
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- Exposure to RAG, agent-based systems or orchestration is a big plus
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- Someone who enjoys ownership, solving difficult engineering problems and shipping
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Tech: Python | Django | DRF | Celery | GCP | Terraform | PostgreSQL | LLM Integrations | Agent Orchestration | RAG | REST APIs | CI/CD
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This isn't one for someone looking to disappear into a huge engineering organisation. It’s a small, senior founding team where you’ll be close to the CTO, close to the product and have genuine influence over the technical direction as the company scales.
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If you’re a seriously good Python/Django engineer who wants to build at the sharp end of applied AI, drop me a message for a confidential chat.