Open Source Jobs in London

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Software Engineering Manager

Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Intelix.AI
Open Source Adoption Lead Technology Risk & OSS Compliance Lead | Open Source Program Office London £150k | Bonus & Benefits Open Source Strategy, Governance & Risk Lead. The role is focused on defining, implementing, and overseeing enterprise-wide controls for open-source software + AI governance, and compliance within highly regulated environments. Key Responsibilities: Design and … maintain the Open Source Software (OSS) Control Framework and Risk Model to ensure compliant adoption and contribution of open-source components. Architect automated policy enforcement systems (Python, GitHub Actions) integrating SCA and SBOM tools. Partner with Legal, Risk, and Engineering to translate complex OSS licensing terms (GPL, AGPL, etc.) into practical DevSecOps policies. Lead AI risk … compliance with emerging regulations (EU AI Act, DORA, GDPR, NIST AI Framework). Act as a subject-matter expert on AI vendor risk, ethical use of generative AI, and open-source contribution management. Required Skills & Experience: 10+ years’ experience across AI/ML systems, risk management, and governance with 5+ years focused on open-source software More ❯
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Senior Applied AI Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Gendo
intersection of design and technology, with hands-on experience in image generation models, strong technical skills, and a sharp visual/design eye. Key Responsibilities Model evaluation & benchmarkingTest new open-source and proprietary models against Gendo's features, assessing aesthetic quality, fidelity, and usability from an architectural design perspective. Custom pipeline prototypingCreate and adapt ComfyUI custom nodes and … teams to hand off validated pipelines and guide feature development. Stay current with emerging technology Track, evaluate, and report on new model releases, training methods, and tools in the open-source ecosystem. Share insights with the team on opportunities and risks, and propose experiments to test new approaches. Requirements Hands-on generative AI experience: Direct work with image … generation models (Stable Diffusion, SDXL, ControlNet, VAE, embeddings). Practical experience training LoRAs, fine-tuned checkpoints, or other open-source models. Strong understanding of dataset management, labeling data, and training workflows. Technical skills: Python + PyTorch for model manipulation and training. ComfyUI & Other Open Source Projects: comfortable building and extending workflows with custom nodes. Ability to More ❯
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Head of Partnerships

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Bluebird
Role: Head of Partnerships Location: London or Madrid Language: English WFH policy: Hybrid, with international travel Industry: Computer Vision, AI, Open Source Product: Open-source AI models & enterprise platform Size and functions of local team: Leadership present in both Madrid and London Partnerships team includes 1 technical and 1 operational staff Function currently reports into VP … Represent the business at major ecosystem events and conferences Manage and grow the existing partnerships team Unique about the company: Massive inbound demand from global tech players due to open-source dominance Partnerships are driven by product adoption, not cold outreach Strong technical footprint across hardware, ML, and deployment partners Real impact on product development, integrations, and commercial … partnerships Technical acumen to lead integrations and influence product Experience managing cross-functional delivery (technical and business) Management of small teams International partnership experience Nice to haves: Background at open-source or developer-first companies Familiarity with companies like Hugging Face, Mistral, Databricks, Anaconda Prior co-marketing or GTM collaboration experience Exposure to OSS licensing and compliance frameworks More ❯
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Head of Partnerships

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Bluebird
Role: Head of Partnerships Location: London or Madrid Language: English WFH policy: Hybrid, with international travel Industry: Computer Vision, AI, Open Source Product: Open-source AI models & enterprise platform Size and functions of local team: Leadership present in both Madrid and London Partnerships team includes 1 technical and 1 operational staff Function currently reports into VP … Represent the business at major ecosystem events and conferences Manage and grow the existing partnerships team Unique about the company: Massive inbound demand from global tech players due to open-source dominance Partnerships are driven by product adoption, not cold outreach Strong technical footprint across hardware, ML, and deployment partners Real impact on product development, integrations, and commercial … partnerships Technical acumen to lead integrations and influence product Experience managing cross-functional delivery (technical and business) Management of small teams International partnership experience Nice to haves: Background at open-source or developer-first companies Familiarity with companies like Hugging Face, Mistral, Databricks, Anaconda Prior co-marketing or GTM collaboration experience Exposure to OSS licensing and compliance frameworks More ❯
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Legal Counsel

City of London, London, United Kingdom
W&P Partners Recruitment
junior-to-mid Legal Counsel to join a pivotal in-house team and support a business at the intersection of software development and AI, with a particular focus on open-source compliance and licensing. The Opportunity This newly created role reports directly to the General Counsel and offers the chance to provide practical, commercial legal advice across the … business, including to senior leadership. You will: Advise on commercial contracts, open-source licensing, and data processing agreements. Manage intellectual property and ensure data privacy compliance. Support product development to mitigate legal risk. Advise on disputes and emerging legal issues. Monitor trends in AI, technology law, and open-source compliance to provide actionable guidance. Hybrid role … based 3 days a week in the Central London office. Experience & Skills Qualified solicitor with 3+ PQE, experienced in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements. Experience with open-source software or licensing is highly desirable. In-house experience (current or via secondment) is advantageous. Commercially minded, confident, and able to manage competing priorities independently. Able to provide practical More ❯
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Legal Counsel

London Area, United Kingdom
W&P Partners Recruitment
junior-to-mid Legal Counsel to join a pivotal in-house team and support a business at the intersection of software development and AI, with a particular focus on open-source compliance and licensing. The Opportunity This newly created role reports directly to the General Counsel and offers the chance to provide practical, commercial legal advice across the … business, including to senior leadership. You will: Advise on commercial contracts, open-source licensing, and data processing agreements. Manage intellectual property and ensure data privacy compliance. Support product development to mitigate legal risk. Advise on disputes and emerging legal issues. Monitor trends in AI, technology law, and open-source compliance to provide actionable guidance. Hybrid role … based 3 days a week in the Central London office. Experience & Skills Qualified solicitor with 3+ PQE, experienced in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements. Experience with open-source software or licensing is highly desirable. In-house experience (current or via secondment) is advantageous. Commercially minded, confident, and able to manage competing priorities independently. Able to provide practical More ❯
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Technical Architect

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
TXP Technology x People
Technical Architect - Data Products & Open Data 12-Month Contract Inside IR35 2 days a week on site in London Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to provide technical leadership for data products and open data services. This role requires a strong background in data product design, solution architecture, and open data platforms, with the … ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and drive technical strategy across a large programme. Key Responsibilities Lead technical architecture and solution design for data products and open data services Provide design leadership across a multi-disciplinary team Apply expertise in data cataloguing, metadata management, and open/licensed data portals Leverage understanding of AI developments to shape and … enhance data services Work with open source tools and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) Guide technical direction and ensure consistent implementation across the programme Collaborate with a core team of 7-8 and a wider programme of 50 Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience with data products and open/licensed data portals Knowledge of data cataloguing systems and More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £0 per annum
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Cloud Architect (AWS)

South West London, London, United Kingdom
Frontier Resourcing Ltd
leading global organisations — constantly pushing boundaries and finding smarter ways to deliver value. Innovation is at the heart of everything this team does. They explore the latest cloud platforms, open-source tools, and modern technologies to create solutions that are as inspiring as they are effective. You'll join a thriving community of specialists who take pride in … ensuring best practices and high standards throughout delivery. Contributing to proposals and client engagements, helping to define innovative and competitive solutions. Staying hands-on with modern cloud-native and open-source technologies, continually learning and exploring new ideas. This is an opportunity to influence outcomes at every level — guiding technology choices and shaping solutions that make a lasting … clearly, and enjoy seeing your designs come to life. Our client is looking for someone with: Strong, hands-on experience with AWS and building cloud-native solutions. Expertise in open-source frameworks , API-led design , and secure, scalable architectures. A deep understanding of microservices , domain-driven design , event-driven systems , and containerisation . Familiarity with architectural frameworks such More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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DevOps AI Engineer- £750PD- Remote

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Tenth Revolution Group
skills, with the ability to guide small, inexperienced client teams in a collaborative yet authoritative manner. You will play a key role in shaping and delivering solutions built on open-source technologies, data pipelines, vector stores, and Generative AI (GenAI) capabilities, with an emphasis on integrating Large Language Models (LLMs). Key Responsibilities Leadership & Collaboration: Lead and mentor … non-technical audiences. Build strong relationships with client stakeholders, ensuring alignment on objectives and expectations. Technical Delivery: Design, implement, and document end-to-end data and GenAI solutions using open-source and cloud-based components. Develop and maintain data pipelines, vector databases, and LLM integrations. Configure and optimize solutions on Microsoft Azure Cloud. Ensure adherence to best practices … Required Skills & Experience Proven ability to lead small technical or client teams. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Strong team player with a collaborative, mentoring mindset. Hands-on experience with open-source technologies across front-end and back-end systems. Proficiency in data pipelines, vector stores, and Generative AI/LLM implementations. Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud services More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £700 - £800 per day
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Principal Platform Engineer | Fintech | London | Up to £180k + Equity

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Maze
days per week in office) Maze is partnering with a stealth-mode startup that's rebuilding core banking from the ground up. They’re creating the world’s first open-source, AI-native "Thin Ledger"—set to replace legacy infrastructure at Tier 1 banks. We're looking for a Principal Platform Engineer to drive the infrastructure behind mission … incident response AI-curious or AI-native: excited to build agent-powered ops Someone who is currently hands on (not someone primarily focused on strategy & people management) Passion for open-source, clean architecture Software Development experience (Bonus points for Go(Golang)) Bonus: background in financial systems, core banking, or regulated infra Why join: Huge ownership: build core infra … Work with a high-caliber team, fast-paced and product-minded founders who have worked in some of the most recognised tech businesses in the world. Help define an open-source platform from day one. Clear path to tech unicorn status with fruitful equity included. Recently raised 8 figures in funding. If your skillset matches, apply within. Please More ❯
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Principal Platform Engineer | Fintech | London | Up to £180k + Equity

London Area, United Kingdom
Maze
days per week in office) Maze is partnering with a stealth-mode startup that's rebuilding core banking from the ground up. They’re creating the world’s first open-source, AI-native "Thin Ledger"—set to replace legacy infrastructure at Tier 1 banks. We're looking for a Principal Platform Engineer to drive the infrastructure behind mission … incident response AI-curious or AI-native: excited to build agent-powered ops Someone who is currently hands on (not someone primarily focused on strategy & people management) Passion for open-source, clean architecture Software Development experience (Bonus points for Go(Golang)) Bonus: background in financial systems, core banking, or regulated infra Why join: Huge ownership: build core infra … Work with a high-caliber team, fast-paced and product-minded founders who have worked in some of the most recognised tech businesses in the world. Help define an open-source platform from day one. Clear path to tech unicorn status with fruitful equity included. Recently raised 8 figures in funding. If your skillset matches, apply within. Please More ❯
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Storage Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ncounter LTD
scaling and optimising storage systems that support critical research and trading workloads. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative, high-impact projects at the intersection of cloud, open-source, and high-performance computing. The Role: Design and develop scalable data orchestration services across cloud and on-prem environments. Create unified platform abstractions to streamline data access … across diverse storage technologies. Integrate open-source and vendor storage solutions through rapid prototyping and engineering. Optimise storage performance and efficiency across large-scale infrastructure. Collaborate across engineering functions to deliver robust end-to-end platform capabilities. Own operational responsibilities: troubleshooting, performance tuning, and user support. Your Background: 5+ years' development experience with a degree in Computer Science … complex backend systems at scale. Experience with Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana and/or Datadog. Exposure either AWS or GCP plus IaC, (Terraform or similar) would be beneficial. Knowledge with open-source storage tools (Ceph, Minio, JuiceFS or Fuse) and familiarity with high-performance data transport protocols (RDMA, GPUDirect, DPDK) would be well received. This is a chance to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Platform Storage

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Ncounter
scaling and optimising storage systems that support critical research and trading workloads. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative, high-impact projects at the intersection of cloud, open-source, and high-performance computing. The Role: Design and develop scalable data orchestration services across cloud and on-prem environments. Create unified platform abstractions to streamline data access … across diverse storage technologies. Integrate open-source and vendor storage solutions through rapid prototyping and engineering. Optimise storage performance and efficiency across large-scale infrastructure. Collaborate across engineering functions to deliver robust end-to-end platform capabilities. Own operational responsibilities: troubleshooting, performance tuning, and user support. Your Background: 5+ years' development experience with a degree in Computer Science … complex backend systems at scale. Experience with Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana and/or Datadog. Exposure either AWS or GCP plus IaC, (Terraform or similar) would be beneficial. Knowledge with open-source storage tools (Ceph, Minio, JuiceFS or Fuse) and familiarity with high-performance data transport protocols (RDMA, GPUDirect, DPDK) would be well received. This is a chance to More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £160,000 - £180,000 per annum
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Solution Architect

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Zaizi
Zaizi is looking for a Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of cutting-edge digital services for the UK Public sector using the latest open source technologies and working under an Agile and DevOps framework. Role Objectives: These are the expected objectives for this role. We are happy to discuss this further during the interview process … Collaborate with other teams within Zaizi, share knowledge and drive continuous improvement Requirements Technical: You will have extensive commercial experience in the many of the following: • Technical & Solution Design • Open Source software • Cloud computing (ideally AWS) • Security best practices • IAM, OAuth, Cognito, OIDC - all advantageous • Containers and Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) • DevOps/DevSecOps and related tools • Knowledge of More ❯
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Full Stack Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Higher - AI recruitment
Founded in 2023, the company has already secured significant early-stage funding, including a $10m Seed round in 2024. The founding team is composed of ex-Palantir and ex-Open AI leaders. They combine deep sector knowledge with cutting-edge design and software engineering expertise to deliver state-of-the-art SaaS capabilities leveraging NLP, Generative AI, and reinforcement … or equivalent experience 5+ years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and/or in the open-source community Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users Strong understanding of product development and navigating large codebases Located … in London/Paris and open to working in office Tech Stack: Python FastAPI Typescript + React Open source LLMs On premise deployments Benefits Currently Offered (likely to improve as company grows): 100% coverage for travel expenses Childcare support Min. 3 months fully paid parental leave 25 days holiday + bonus days for company closure Subsidised lunches More ❯
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Full Stack Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Higher - AI recruitment
Founded in 2023, the company has already secured significant early-stage funding, including a $10m Seed round in 2024. The founding team is composed of ex-Palantir and ex-Open AI leaders. They combine deep sector knowledge with cutting-edge design and software engineering expertise to deliver state-of-the-art SaaS capabilities leveraging NLP, Generative AI, and reinforcement … or equivalent experience 5+ years of experience working with cross-functional software development teams Experience shipping and iterating on production-grade software components professionally and/or in the open-source community Ability to write robust, well tested, and well-designed code that frequently gets deployed to users Strong understanding of product development and navigating large codebases Located … in London/Paris and open to working in office Tech Stack: Python FastAPI Typescript + React Open source LLMs On premise deployments Benefits Currently Offered (likely to improve as company grows): 100% coverage for travel expenses Childcare support Min. 3 months fully paid parental leave 25 days holiday + bonus days for company closure Subsidised lunches More ❯
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Software Integration Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
microTECH Global LTD
the core C++ codec integration layers. Integration work for other compression solutions, such as VC6 and point cloud compression, into different video editing and creation applications. Engaging with the open-source community to contribute changes upstream to video player open-source projects and assist with their integration of LCEVC. Development activity planning, including sprint planning and More ❯
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Software Integration Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
microTECH Global LTD
the core C++ codec integration layers. Integration work for other compression solutions, such as VC6 and point cloud compression, into different video editing and creation applications. Engaging with the open-source community to contribute changes upstream to video player open-source projects and assist with their integration of LCEVC. Development activity planning, including sprint planning and More ❯
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UK Applied AI Solution Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Tomoro
role grows, this may extend to leading these teams, owning solutions end-to-end and advising clients in this space. The typical applications we build use existing closed or open-source foundational models, potentially with some fine tuning. We generally do not need to train our own foundational models from scratch. Requirements Responsibilities The examples describe the types … hands-on experience of developing production-grade solutions involving: • Building Microservices (including scalable data pipelines using frameworks like Spark) • Data technologies (Python, SQL) • Large language models, fine tuning (closed & open source, OpenAI API) • Solution design (mainly data applications using Python, SQL and other allied tech stack) • Analytical problem solving We are not restricted to the technologies we use More ❯
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AI Practitioner

South East London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Profile 29
use cases Prototype multi-agent systems, reasoning engines, and knowledge-graph integrations Implement and fine-tune models for language understanding, decision automation, and data insight generation Evaluate and integrate open-source and commercial AI frameworks into orchestration workflows Ensure AI solutions are explainable, auditable, and compliant with public- sector governance standards Advise on AI strategy, ethical use, and … Understanding of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and public-sector AI standards Familiarity with BPMN/DMN, process orchestration, or workflow automation platforms Experience contributing to AI research, publications, or open-source projects Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV) What They Offer A company option scheme gives their employees a stake in the organisation theyre building meaningful missions. More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £75,000
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AI Consultant

South East London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Profile 29
use cases Prototype multi-agent systems, reasoning engines, and knowledge-graph integrations Implement and fine-tune models for language understanding, decision automation, and data insight generation Evaluate and integrate open-source and commercial AI frameworks into orchestration workflows Ensure AI solutions are explainable, auditable, and compliant with public- sector governance standards Advise on AI strategy, ethical use, and … Understanding of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and public-sector AI standards Familiarity with BPMN/DMN, process orchestration, or workflow automation platforms Experience contributing to AI research, publications, or open-source projects Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV) What They Offer A company option scheme gives their employees a stake in the organisation theyre building meaningful missions. More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £80,000
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Agentic AI Consultant

South East London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Profile 29
use cases Prototype multi-agent systems, reasoning engines, and knowledge-graph integrations Implement and fine-tune models for language understanding, decision automation, and data insight generation Evaluate and integrate open-source and commercial AI frameworks into orchestration workflows Ensure AI solutions are explainable, auditable, and compliant with public- sector governance standards Advise on AI strategy, ethical use, and … Understanding of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and public-sector AI standards Familiarity with BPMN/DMN, process orchestration, or workflow automation platforms Experience contributing to AI research, publications, or open-source projects Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV) What They Offer A company option scheme gives their employees a stake in the organisation theyre building meaningful missions. More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £80,000
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AI Consultant

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Profile 29
use cases Prototype multi-agent systems, reasoning engines, and knowledge-graph integrations Implement and fine-tune models for language understanding, decision automation, and data insight generation Evaluate and integrate open-source and commercial AI frameworks into orchestration workflows Ensure AI solutions are explainable, auditable, and compliant with public- sector governance standards Advise on AI strategy, ethical use, and … Understanding of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and public-sector AI standards Familiarity with BPMN/DMN, process orchestration, or workflow automation platforms Experience contributing to AI research, publications, or open-source projects Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV) What They Offer A company option scheme gives their employees a stake in the organisation they’re building meaningful More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum
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Agentic AI Consultant

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid/Remote Options
Profile 29
use cases Prototype multi-agent systems, reasoning engines, and knowledge-graph integrations Implement and fine-tune models for language understanding, decision automation, and data insight generation Evaluate and integrate open-source and commercial AI frameworks into orchestration workflows Ensure AI solutions are explainable, auditable, and compliant with public- sector governance standards Advise on AI strategy, ethical use, and … Understanding of ethical AI, governance frameworks, and public-sector AI standards Familiarity with BPMN/DMN, process orchestration, or workflow automation platforms Experience contributing to AI research, publications, or open-source projects Holds UK security clearance (SC, DV, eDV) What They Offer A company option scheme gives their employees a stake in the organisation they’re building meaningful More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum
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Principal Go Engineer | Up to £180k + Bonus + Equity | Greenfield | London

London Area, United Kingdom
Maze
to £200k + Equity | London Maze is partnering with a stealth-mode startup that's rebuilding core banking from the ground up. They’re creating the world’s first open-source, AI-native "Thin Ledger" —set to replace legacy infrastructure at Tier 1 banks. We're looking for a Senior Engineer specialising in Go to contribute to v1 … distributed, multi-region infra with five-nines reliability Contribute to backend, DevOps, and CI/CD decision-making Embed AI into engineering workflows & ops Self-motivated, problem-solving mindset; open to non-traditional backgrounds. You should have: Expert backend skill ideally in Golang, or Rust, Zig or C. Deep expereince building distributed systems from scratch. Experience in greenfield projects … Work with a high-caliber team, fast-paced and product-minded founders who have worked in some of the most recognised tech businesses in the world. Help define an open-source platform from day one. Clear path to tech unicorn status with fruitful equity included. Recently raised 8 figures in funding. Apply within if your skillset matches! Please More ❯
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Open Source
London
10th Percentile
£54,125
25th Percentile
£67,859
Median
£87,500
75th Percentile
£115,000
90th Percentile
£125,000