Senior Software Engineer (Python / TypeScript / Azure)

CHAOS Industries
London, United Kingdom
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to backend-focused engineers with experience in real-time systems and cloud infrastructure, working in defense tech.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in real-time data processing and distributed systems architecture
    — “Experience with distributed systems and real-time data problems”
  • Engineers who have managed production backend services and built scalable systems
    — “Experience building scalable backend systems and owning production services”
  • Individuals comfortable with working in a defense tech environment and building mission-critical systems
    — “Build the software behind some of the world’s most advanced radar systems”

Things to consider

  • On-site presence in London is required, with occasional travel to San Francisco
    — “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”
  • The role demands a right to work in the UK, which may limit eligibility for non-UK candidates
    — “Please note: Right to work in the UK required.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with real-time data pipelines and security in high-stakes environments
    — “Build high-performance Python services that ingest, process and distribute real-time sensor data with low latency, high reliability and security at scale”
  • Showcase infrastructure-as-code practices and cloud service design in Azure
    — “Design and build secure, scalable Azure services for distributed radar systems, defining the infrastructure as code”
  • Emphasize past collaboration with cross-functional hardware and systems teams
    — “Work alongside software, hardware and systems engineers, and the teams who take these systems into the field”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • built high-performance Python services
  • designed and built secure, scalable Azure services
  • worked alongside software, hardware and systems engineers
Typical background
experience building scalable backend systems and owning production services

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonTypeScriptAzureDistributed SystemsReal-time Data ProcessingSecurityInfrastructure As Code

Preferred

AI Coding ToolsReact

Stack & domain

PythonTypeScriptReactAzureInfrastructure As CodeKubernetesAWSCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingArchitectureDesignTroubleshootingBackend ServicesData PipelinesOperator-facing AppsReal-time DataDistributed SystemsSecurityScalabilityRadar Systems

About the role

Original posting from CHAOS Industries via Greenhouse

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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Source: CHAOS Industries careers (Greenhouse)

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