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Staff Software Engineer (£120k-£180k + Equity) at Fanvue.com

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
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London, Greater London, England, GBR
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Lead the transition from PostgreSQL monolith to an event-driven microservices architecture while building core AI tools for a high-traffic platform.
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Job Title: Staff Software Engineer

Salary: £120k-£180k + Equity

Company Description: Fanvue.com - AI-powered creator monetization platform growing 450% YoY

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 like vector stores and LLM orchestration tools.

Location: London, UK

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.

  • Join a 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 optimization 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 like 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 who is fluent with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor and excited about mentoring teams through technical leadership.

Who are Jack & Jill?
Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.

Next steps
Step 1. Visit our website.
Step 2. Click 'Talk to Jack'.
Step 3. Talk to Jack so he can understand your experience and ambitions.
Step 4. Jack will make sure Jill (the AI agent working for the company) considers you for this role.
Step 5. If Jill thinks you're a great fit and her client wants to meet you, they will make the introduction.
Step 6. If not, Jack will find you excellent alternatives. All for free.

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Top Skills

AI
AWS
Go
Node.js
Postgres
Typescript

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