Platform Software Engineer
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From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution – because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we're building a world-class platform to amplify our teams' most powerful ideas.
As part of our engineering team, you'll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.
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The role:
The Storage Engineering team builds and operates the storage products used across G-Research. As a Platform Software Engineer, you'll build the APIs, workflows and data models that turn manually operated infrastructure into self-service products.
The work includes capacity requests, tenant and quota automation, reporting and data lifecycle services. You'll make infrastructure changes safe, repeatable and auditable, while keeping observed state separate from intended change.
This is a software engineering role within an infrastructure team, working alongside colleagues responsible for security, research infrastructure and developer platform services. Storage experience is useful but not required. You'll operate the services you build and join the team's out-of-hours on-call rotation.
Key responsibilities of the role include: Building and operating services and APIs in Python, Go and TypeScriptAutomating capacity, tenant, quota, access and data lifecycle workflowsBuilding self-service requests with explicit policy checks and exception pathsModelling infrastructure state and making changes idempotent, attributable and auditableDefining stable contracts between storage platform and developer platform servicesBuilding tests, fixtures and observability that make failures safe to diagnoseWorking with users and partner teams to turn operational problems into bounded engineering workParticipating in incident response and the out-of-hours on-call rotationWho are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience: Strong Python, with practical Go and TypeScript software engineering skillsExperience designing, testing and operating APIs and backend servicesStrong use of coding agents in day-to-day delivery, with clear task boundaries, careful review and tests controlling the output.
Experience building infrastructure automation, workflows or reconciliation systemsUnderstanding of retries, partial failure, concurrency, idempotency and eventual consistencyStrong Linux and production troubleshooting skillsExperience with CI/CD, observability and safe deployment practicesA practical approach to security, permissions, audit and change controlA calm, methodical approach to incidentsDesirable experience includes orchestration, configuration management, enterprise identity and data lifecycle tooling. Storage experience is useful but not required; strong platform software engineering skills and adaptability are more important. We expect every colleague to actively bring AI into their daily workflow to deliver impact.
Why join us?
Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonusLunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar30 days' annual leave9% company pension contributionsInformal dress code and excellent work/life balanceComprehensive healthcare and life assuranceCycle-to-work schemeMonthly company eventsRelocation SupportIf you're relocating from within the UK or internationally to join us in London, we offer a comprehensive range of support services to assist you all the way. All costs associated with your relocation and immigration are covered by G-Research.
Concierge service: Your personal consultant will arrange travel, help find your new home and manage your move. They're also on hand to help with more bespoke requests too.
Immigration support: We'll partner you with an expert consultant who will guide you through the full immigration process. G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions. We want to ensure that applicants receive a recruitment experience that enables them to perform at their best. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know in the relevant sectionSummaryLocation: London, UKType: Full time