Senior Software Engineer

📍Location: Edinburgh (relocation assistance available)

⏰ Job Type: Full-Time Hybrid (3 x days onsite in Edinburgh)

💰Salary: £75k to £125k

About Malted

Malted builds specialised customer interaction intelligence for financial institutions. Our platform combines advanced language technology with deep domain understanding to help firms make faster, more accurate decisions.

Our proprietary technology, purpose-built for financial services, uncovers signals that generic AI misses, distilling intelligence into insights faster, more efficiently and more securely than anyone else.

We’re a small, passionate, and highly technical team based in Edinburgh, combining deep machine learning experience with a rigorous approach to product design and engineering.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Software Engineer, you take on larger technical problems related to your team and lead the technical design and implementation of complex features. You take ownership of complex systems from design through to delivery, ensuring our systems remain robust as we scale. You operate fully autonomously to own the delivery of big projects, or big changes to existing systems.

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure backend systems for the Malted Platform.
• Drive technical discussions and architecture decisions that shape the platform’s evolution
• Build high-quality, maintainable code and ensure engineering best practices across the team

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• Develop and optimise cloud infrastructure for deploying machine learning models at scale
• Translate experimental prototypes into production-grade systems
• Debug, test and optimise performance across distributed services
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end product features

Who you are

You’re a seasoned engineer who enjoys solving complex problems with clarity and precision. You thrive in an environment where autonomy and accountability go hand in hand.

Minimum requirements

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.

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• Demonstrated ability to design and deliver large-scale, high-performance systems.
• Strong experience in Python (or other language) and confidence working across the full stack.
• Experience designing distributed systems and APIs that serve production workloads.
• Strong understanding of databases (SQL, NoSQL) and system design principles.
• Proven ability to lead by example and create an environment where others do their best work.

Working at Malted

We’re based in Edinburgh and work from the office three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The rest of the week is work from home. We keep a high bar for technical quality but a low tolerance for ego. You’ll join a team that values precision, humour and intellectual honesty.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension and stock options
• Medical and life insurance

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• Hybrid working and ad-hoc flexibility
• The chance to work on one-of-a-kind products at the forefront of the AI industry
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• A collaborative, inclusive workplace that promotes innovation and teamwork
• Free snacks and drinks
• Social events and company outings
• Relocation assistance for candidates moving to Edinburgh

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Malted AI is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If there's anything we can do to make your journey as a candidate easier, let us know when you apply.

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