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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer (£120k-£180k + Equity) At Fanvue.com - **Company:** Jack & Jill/External ATS - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £120,000.0 - £180,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Databases, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Event-Driven Programming, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Large Language Models, Database Optimization, Event Driven Architecture, Golang, Microservices - **Published:** June 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.tiptopjob.com/search/jobs/133062547_-staff-software-engineer-120k-180k-equity-at-fanvue-com-london-uk-united-kingdom-_job.asp ## About the Role 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. World class engineering culture that offers a dedicated IC career track, valuing deep technical excellence over management progression. 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 optimisation strategies for high throughput workloads on PostgreSQL and transition toward event driven systems. The ideal candidate 10+ years of hands on experience building and shipping distributed systems at high growth consumer platforms such as 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 fluent with AI assisted development tools like Cursor and enthusiastic about mentoring teams through technical ## Description Job Title Staff Software Engineer Salary £120k-£180k + Equity Company - AI powered creator monetisation platform growing 450% YoY Location London, UK Job Description 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 such as vector stores and LLM orchestration tools. 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. World class engineering culture that offers a dedicated IC career track, valuing deep technical excellence over management progression. 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 optimisation strategies for high throughput workloads on PostgreSQL and transition toward event driven systems. The ideal candidate 10+ years of hands on experience building and shipping distributed systems at high growth consumer platforms such as Monzo, Revolut, or Deliveroo. 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