Backend Engineer - Index Data Processing

Responsibilities • Working with product managers, researchers, and other engineers to define cloud-native backend systems and project requirements. • Designing, building, and maintaining scalable backend services with a strong focus on cloud architecture. • Writing clean, well-tested, and production-ready Python code (with opportunities to use Go or Rust where appropriate). • Deploying and operating production systems on AWS with an emphasis on reliability, security, and performance. • Using Infrastructure as Code to provision and manage cloud resources. Requirements • Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Independent and self-driven learner with a strong interest in containerised backend engineering. • Strong Python experience • Experience with Cloud-Native system design and hosting • Experience with debugging via observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Loki. Desirables • Experience or interest in Go and/or Rust. • Experience with graph databases or knowledge graphs (e.g. Neptune, Neo4j, or graph modelling on Postgres).