Product Engineer – Backend

Remote from: Europe
Annual salary: Undisclosed
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Department: Software Engineering
Employment type: Full Time,
Job posted: 29 Jun 2025
Apply before: 29 Jul 2025
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About V7

The platform to build your vision AI life cycle. Organize data, label, train, deploy, and monitor AI in production.

Computer Software
2018

Software Engineers at V7 ensure that complex operations involving – think applying foundation models like Gemini Pro to enable complex analyses across large financial documents – are performed reliably and efficiently at scale. The Backend Engineer role holds significant influence, shaping the trajectory of the company’s future in close collaboration with the Founders.

Some of the responsibilities you will tackle are

Enable foundation models to be applied to multimodal data at scale
Scale our platform to meet challenging multi tenant usage patterns
Maintain a rich suite of APIs to power all our internal and B2B clients
Ship to production multiple times a day, working in tandem with PMs/Designers to solve user problems

Requirements

A Degree in Computer Science, or similar.
3+ years experience as a Backend Engineer with strong architectural design skills (we are hiring both mid and senior level in London)
Experience with functional programming. Familiarity with Elixir is a plus, but other languages like Scala, GoLang, Node.js, Haskell, Clojure, and F# are also great.
Infrastructure management experience at scale; you should be comfortable in using AWS and terraform.
Proficiency in queue management and observability.
Experience with orchestration tools like Docker.
Knowledge of GenAI and prompt engineering is a plus.
You thrive most during the initial years of a company’s inception, particularly relishing the dynamics of small team environments.
Customer-centricity is paramount. Engineers are integral to every stage of the delivery process, necessitating a strong product focus. We value individuals who are passionate about their craft and are equally invested in addressing product and technical challenges.
Fluent in english

What’s in it for you

V7 were named as Linkedin’s No2 top startup in the UK in 2023 and 8th on Sifted’s top 100 fastest growing startup UK/I list 2024
Take a look at the launch of V7 Go here in 1 min video
Top 15% quartile equity options plan through an EMI scheme
Private Healthcare via Bupa
30 days paid holiday with an additional day for each year of service
Learning and Development wallet
Monthly well being and mental health budget
Personalised benefits platform via Thanks Ben
Enhanced parental leave
4-day company-wide and 4 day departmental retreats in stunning locations
Hybrid working with flexibility
Temporary work from anywhere for one month in the calendar year
Paid tickets, accommodation, and travel to relevant conferences, nationally or internationally (NeurIPS, ICCV, CVPR, …) to expand your network & knowledge during normal times
Apple hardware provided plus a budget for home office equipment
Passionate about DEI and want to make a difference for yourself and others in the workplace? Us too! We have group leaders and allies championing the importance of diversity in 2024 who are always on the lookout for more allies and/or co-leads!