Founding Member, Backend Engineer

About Cadensys

Cadensys is founded by ex-Revolut and Trade Republic executives and backed by leading global VCs. We are on a mission to revolutionise the way businesses are operated. Cadensys solves the problems caused by scattered tools and disjointed workflows by unifying data and coordinating agents.

Our ambition is to build an operating system orchestrating work between human workers and AI agents, across all tools and company-wide. By learning how humans make decisions and take actions, we empower them to become problem solvers and not tool operators.

We are looking for a Backend Engineer committed to driving change in the way people work and with a desire to innovate by creating data-driven AI-solutions supporting process mining, mapping and design.

Role Overview

As a Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining systems that support our AI-driven solutions and applications. You will work closely with the AI, product design and frontend teams to ensure seamless integration and performance. This role requires an exceptionally strong background in Python and ideally a decent understanding of React, with experience in building scalable, robust platforms for AI applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of our platform supporting the AI core and user-facing applications, with a focus on scalability and performance.
• Architect, build and maintain high-quality, secure, reliable, and efficient software solutions.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to ensure the platform integrates seamlessly with AI models and algorithms.
• Work on continuous improvement of the platform, optimizing performance and enhancing user experience.
• Provide technical leadership, guiding and mentoring other engineers in best practices and coding standards.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in Python, with a proven track record of building scalable platforms.
• Experience with cloud technologies and building cloud-native applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, including scalability, performance, and security.
• Experience in building and maintaining backend systems that integrate with AI-driven solutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead a team of engineers.

Nice to have

• A master's or PhD degree in a quantitative discipline.
• Understanding of React and experience building efficient backends for web and mobile applications.
• Experience working at a scale-up company.