As a founding-level hire, you will architect financial-grade infrastructure for the global GPU market. You will bridge the gap between high-performance compute and capital markets, building systems for real-time pricing, automated settlement, and cross-cloud orchestration. This role offers the unique opportunity to define the technical foundation for a new asset class.
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London, United KingdomUp to £200k + Equity
Senior Staff Platform Engineer at VC-backed compute infrastructure startup
GPU compute is rapidly becoming a new global financial asset class, yet it lacks the liquid market infrastructure required for the AI era. This VC-backed startup in London, founded by experts from top-tier quantitative funds and big tech infrastructure teams, is building the financial-grade rails to trade and orchestrate compute at scale. As a founding Senior Staff Platform Engineer, you will define the architecture for real-time pricing and settlement systems, bridging the gap between high-performance hardware and sophisticated capital markets. If you have a background in fintech rails or distributed systems and want a high-equity role shaping a new industry, this is your opportunity.
Overview
Role overview
Company
About the company
VC-backed compute infrastructure startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Architect and build robust services for dynamic pricing, on-demand billing, and high-reliability cash settlement systems.
- Design and implement complex inventory management logic and orchestration for GPU instances across multiple cloud providers.
- Own the end-to-end security, scalability, and reliability of core infrastructure to meet financial-grade performance guarantees.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with a deep background in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or high-scale billing rails.
- Proven track record of building production-grade systems in fintech, payments, or low-latency trading environments.
- Expert-level proficiency in backend languages like Go, Rust, or C++ and experience mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Lead the architectural design of a first-of-its-kind trading platform for GPU compute, working directly with founders from elite quantitative and engineering backgrounds.
- Join a well-funded startup backed by top-tier VCs at the intersection of AI infrastructure and sophisticated financial instruments.
- High-impact founding role with significant equity and the mandate to build and lead a world-class platform engineering team from scratch.
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