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Senior Backend Engineer (AI/LLM)

motive group United Kingdom
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AI Summary

Seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and scale LLM-powered AI tools for leading firms. Key responsibilities include end-to-end ownership of backend systems, focusing on high-throughput LLM interactions, vector search, and data pipelines. Requires strong TypeScript/Python, PostgreSQL, and experience in lean, fast-moving startup environments.

Key Highlights
Key backend hire for a fast-growing AI company.
Own backend systems end-to-end, architecting and scaling for LLM interactions.
Opportunity to shape engineering culture and infrastructure decisions.
Key Responsibilities
Architecting and scaling infrastructure for high-throughput LLM interactions, vector search and multi-agent orchestration.
Building retrieval pipelines, caching layers and async task queues.
Stitching together model providers, data stores and internal APIs into clean, performant systems.
Owning backend systems end-to-end.
Shaping engineering culture and infrastructure decisions.
Technical Skills Required
TypeScript Python PostgreSQL
Benefits & Perks
Competitive salary
Equity
Private health insurance
Gym membership
Lunch in-office
Multiple all-expenses paid offsites
Visa sponsorship
Nice to Have
billing / payments or usage-based pricing
internal dev tooling
event-driven systems
retrieval / embeddings / prompt orchestration

Job Description


Senior Backend Engineer

£100,000 - £140,000 + equity

Office based in London


We've partnered with a profitable, fast-growing (10x last year) AI company building LLM-powered tools that are already used by some of the world's largest private equity and consulting firms. The team is 40+ across London & New York and this is a key backend hire for the London office.


You'll own backend systems end-to-end: architecting and scaling infrastructure for high-throughput LLM interactions, vector search and multi-agent orchestration, building retrieval pipelines, caching layers and async task queues, and stitching together model providers, data stores and internal APIs into clean, performant systems. There's real scope to shape engineering culture and infrastructure decisions early.


You might be a fit if you:

  • Ship fast and have owned technical projects from architecture through production
  • Write strong production TypeScript (Python also welcome)
  • Know your way around PostgreSQL and care about data modelling, reliability and system design
  • Enjoy turning messy business problems into clean systems and automation
  • Thrive in lean, fast-moving startups and can work directly with non-technical stakeholders


Bonus: billing / payments or usage-based pricing, internal dev tooling, event-driven systems, or retrieval / embeddings / prompt orchestration.


On offer: competitive salary plus equity, private health insurance, gym membership, lunch in-office, multiple all-expenses paid offsites a year, and visa sponsorship.


Flat structure, direct access to the founders, five days a week in a Farringdon office.

Apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.


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