Job Description

Permanent
Location: Burbank, California, LA
Salary: $150,000-$200,000
Industry: Software Development

About the Client

This rapidly expanding tech business is backed by significant VC funding and advancing at the cutting edge of AI infrastructure. Their mission is to revolutionise machine learning through a decentralised, self-improving model, leveraging a network of collaborating AI agents to continuously refine and enhance performance. With a strong blend of blockchain innovation and ML expertise, they’re tackling some of today’s most complex challenges in distributed intelligence.

How you’ll spend your day

• Design and build core backend services powering a next-gen agentic commerce platform
• Improve performance and reliability across APIs, distributed systems, and infrastructure
• Collaborate with product teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Write clean, tested, and maintainable code and Infrastructure as Code
• Lead code reviews, contribute to documentation, and ensure systems are resilient and well-tested
• Join the on-call rota to help resolve critical incidents when needed

What you’ll bring to this role

• 5+ years building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems and APIs
• Strong skills in system design, optimisation, and operating system fundamentals
• Advanced programming ability in Golang, Rust, Python, Java or TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools like Terraform, AWS CDK, or Pulumi
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control best practices
• Bonus: experience with Stripe or billing systems, Kubernetes, or streaming/data tools like Kafka

Perks & Benefits:

• Health Plan worth £20,000
• Equity
• 401k

What happens next?

One of our Recruitment Consultants will be in touch and inform you if you’ve been successful to the next stage of the process or not, which is a qualification call where we will tell you more about the role and the client, and understand more about you, your experience and career aspirations.

Should we both wish to proceed, we will submit your details to the client and be in touch regarding the outcome and any further steps.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. As an employment agency for permanent and contract hires, we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups to drive innovation and equality within the workplace.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know so we can accommodate for any interactions with us at Biometric Talent, but also inform the client to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to allow for a fair and equitable process.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to ian.fitzgerald@biometrictalent.com