Senior Software Engineer (Python / TypeScript / Azure)
At a glance
Senior Software Engineering role at CHAOS Industries. London · £100,000–£150,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build Python services that handle live sensor data from intake through processing and delivery
- Create TypeScript and React apps for operators to track missions and examine sensor findings
- Develop secure Azure services for distributed radar, including infrastructure code and monitoring
- Work with software, hardware and systems engineers, and support teams preparing deployments in the field
- Shape the platform’s architecture and establish its engineering foundations
What you bring
- You’ve built scalable backend systems and taken responsibility for services running in production
- You have experience with distributed systems and real-time data challenges
- You can use AI coding tools thoughtfully, deciding what to delegate and what to handle yourself
- You have the right to work in the UK
Who this fits
This senior engineering role suits someone focused on backend systems, live data and operator-facing software. You’ll work on-site from the Soho office and travel to San Francisco for about a week each quarter.
From the employer
Senior Software Engineer (Python / TypeScript / Azure)
London, UK (On-site) | £100,000-£150,000 + pre-IPO stock options
Build the software behind some of the world’s most advanced radar systems.
CHAOS Industries is a defense tech company founded in 2022 that has raised $1B from investors including 8VC, Accel and Valor Equity Partners. You’ll build the backend services, data pipelines and operator-facing apps that turn raw sensor data into decisions people can act on.
What you’ll do
- Build high-performance Python services that ingest, process and distribute real-time sensor data with low latency, high reliability and security at scale
- Build the web apps (TypeScript and React) operators use to monitor live missions and investigate what the sensors saw
- Design and build secure, scalable Azure services for distributed radar systems, defining the infrastructure as code and instrumentation for what you own
- Work alongside software, hardware and systems engineers, and the teams who take these systems into the field
- Influence architecture and help define the engineering foundations of a fast-evolving platform
You’re a fit if you have
- Experience building scalable backend systems and owning production services
- Experience with distributed systems and real-time data problems
- Real leverage from AI coding tools, with a considered view on what to delegate and what not to
- Willingness to travel: you’ll be based in our Soho office, and most of the team is in San Francisco, so expect to co-locate there for around a week each quarter
Nice to have
- Python for backend services
- TypeScript and React for web applications
- Azure and infrastructure as code
What you get
- Private medical, dental and vision for you and your dependents, 100% paid by the company
- 5% pension match
- Pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and annual bonuses (coming soon)
Please note: Right to work in the UK required.
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