Join Fanvue as the most senior Individual Contributor to lead the evolution of a platform serving 17 million monthly users. Following a $22M Series A, you will architect the transition from a PostgreSQL monolith to an event-driven microservices architecture while building core AI infrastructure like vector stores and LLM orchestration tools.
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London, UK£120k-£180k + Equity
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Staff Software Engineer at Fanvue.com — AI-powered creator monetization platform
Join one of the fastest-growing creator monetization platforms in the world as a Staff Software Engineer. With $100M+ ARR and 450% YoY growth, Fanvue.com is at a massive technical inflection point. You will lead the transition from a PostgreSQL monolith to an event-driven microservices architecture and build the AI-native infrastructure powering tools for 17 million monthly users. This is a high-impact, senior IC role for an engineer who has scaled systems at companies like Monzo or Revolut and wants to define the future of the creator economy. Enjoy a £120k-£180k salary, equity, and a remote-first culture in London.
Overview
Why this role stands out
Company
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Fanvue.com - AI-powered creator monetization platform growing 450% YoY
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Lead the monolith-to-services decomposition using patterns like Strangler Fig to support tens of millions of monthly active users.
- Architect and scale AI infrastructure including vector databases, embedding pipelines, and LLM orchestration for automated creator tools.
- Design and implement database optimization strategies for high-throughput workloads on PostgreSQL and transition toward event-driven systems.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- 10+ years of hands-on experience building and shipping distributed systems at high-growth consumer platforms like Monzo, Revolut, or Deliveroo.
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, Go, and AWS, with a proven track record of scaling databases for millions of users.
- Forward-thinking engineer who is fluent with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and excited about mentoring teams through technical leadership.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Immediate impact at scale on a platform that recently surpassed $100M+ ARR and was named a Sunday Times Best Place to Work 2025.
- Rare opportunity to define a company's technical foundation by building AI-native infrastructure and platform primitives from the ground up.
- Join a world-class engineering culture that offers a dedicated IC career track, valuing deep technical excellence over management progression.
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