Skills

Leadership Python Go Rust CI/CD Kubernetes Architecture AWS C++ Kafka

Job Specifications

Principal Software Engineer (Python / Rust / Go / C++ )

London - Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Up to £160,000 base + 25% bonus + equity

We’re building a real-time, event-driven platform where latency, correctness, and resilience are first-class concerns, processing billions of events across a globally distributed system.

This is a hands-on Principal Engineer role focused on complex distributed systems at scale, with an emphasis on performance and reliability.

Why You’ll Love It

Design and evolve low-latency, distributed systems operating at significant scale
Lead deep technical dives into latency, throughput, tail performance, and observability
Stay hands-on in the code while shaping architecture and long-term system direction
Partner closely with senior engineering leadership to influence critical technical decisions
Take end-to-end ownership of complex, performance-critical problem spaces
Set engineering standards and best practices through code, reviews, and architectural leadership

You’ll be part of an engineering-led culture with standout benefits:
Full private health insurance
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
In-office chefs provide fresh daily meals
Work remotely from anywhere for one month each year

What We’re Looking For

Strong systems-level coding skills in Python, Rust, Go, or C++
Experience building high-performance, distributed, or real-time systems
Production experience with Kafka, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), and CI/CD
Comfortable reasoning about latency, throughput, failure modes, and system trade-offs
An engineer who takes deep technical ownership of complex, performance-critical systems

Compensation: Up to £160,000 base, 25% performance bonus, and equity, plus full benefits and hybrid flexibility.

If you’re motivated by solving complex engineering problems and want to help shape the backbone of a global real-time platform, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Company

We help founders and leaders build high-impact teams by connecting them with exceptional talent globally, with a focus in the US. We operate at the intersection of AI, next-gen infrastructure, data, and advanced technology - where hiring decisions are integral to success. Vero is the evolution of KE Technology. Not a new business, but a clearer expression of the one we have been building for the past seven years. Over that time, we’ve seen the technology landscape shift at a rapid pace. AI and advanced systems are now founda... Know more