Backend Engineer
Intropic
Software Engineering
London, UK
Posted on Feb 3, 2026
Who We Are
We are a rapidly growing start-up, backed by leading venture capitalists. We love information because it helps people make better decisions and drives innovation. The information economy is just getting started and our suite of information and data processing software products are starting to help people unlock the true power of information. Our journey starts in finance and capital markets where information moves trillion dollar markets, but this is just the beginning. Read a spotlight on Intropic here. Join us to help the world unlock the true power of information.
Who We Look For
We are a fin-tech start-up with a successful suite of products, now ready to build the next big thing. You must thrive working on open-ended problems across a range of disciplines; we are a start-up where our engineers do much more than just pick up JIRA tickets. A typical week may include debugging python, deploying infrastructure changes, talking to product early-adopters, and strategic planning with the team leads. We hire the person not the CV; if you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you!
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 cloud infrastructure and backend engineering.
- Python experience is required; experience or interest in Go and/or Rust is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with AWS.
- Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
- Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.
- Basic to intermediate Kubernetes knowledge.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Loki.