Senior Software Engineer

About this role

Senior Software Engineer

Engineering

Prolific

Prolific is not just another player in the AI space – we are the architects of the human data infrastructure that's reshaping the landscape of AI development. In a world where foundational AI technologies are increasingly commoditized, it's the quality and diversity of human-generated data that truly differentiates products and models.

The role

We’re looking for Senior Software Engineers with a ‘product builder’ mind-set to join our team and take a pivotal role in the development and guidance of our product. As a ‘t-shaped’ engineer, you will bring a broad practical knowledge across various areas of software development, complementing and supporting our growing team whilst likely having a deeper specialism in front or backend. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your existing skills, experience, and knowledge to significantly influence the trajectory of our product as we aim to revolutionize research.

What you’ll bring to the role

• Deep understanding of modern web applications

• Experience building Typescript/Javascript applications and using NoSQL databases

• Experience using Python

• Knowledge of Event-Driven Architecture

• Experience using AWS (Serverless) and/or GCP

• Understand the importance of driving quality into code through test automation

• Have supported applications in production, with demonstrable experience of good observability practices within a full stack environment. (e.g. Rum, Tracing)

• Have worked in a collaborative environment with strong engineering practices and know what good engineering looks like

• Care about the product life cycle and are customer value focused

• Understand the value of continuous, iterative improvement using data to drive decisions and a culture of feedback

• Passionate about software development with an appetite for learning and self-improvement

What you’ll be doing in the role

• As a member of a cross-functional, stream-aligned team, you will work collaboratively with the teams’ engineering manager, product manager, designer, and up to 4-5 other engineers, including a tech lead

• Using agile software development practices and a product mindset, you will work as a team to plan, build and support software that our customers love

• You will be highly self-motivated and energetic and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with a bias for action

• Collaborating with teams outside of product engineering, working closely with customers and understanding their needs

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