Senior Software Engineer - Backend

• Design and build the underlying model that makes 2D/3D/4D spatial data actionable — be that handling relational, graph, vector, or geospatial information.
• Provide an API to process and interact with our data.
• Work to integrate with key ecosystem partners.
• Set up and maintain cloud infrastructure to support the deployment of these services.
• Contribute to and improve the standards for software engineering, such as code quality, automated testing, documentation / knowledge sharing, and broader team processes.
• Contribute to maintaining the reliability of Sensat's enterprise platform.

You'll be part of a team of innovators helping organizations see risks earlier, coordinate better, and make decisions with confidence, enabling customers to fight the costly and high-risk 'Status Quo' of siloed data, people, and processes.

• Significant experience with data-oriented web applications.
• Deep understanding of data modeling with proven expertise in a relational DB (e.g., PostgreSQL), including schema design and migrations, indexing strategies and query optimization, and transaction management.
• Strong expertise in any backend language for building scalable production systems, including the use of Protocol Buffers for defining service contracts.
• Commercial experience with a major cloud provider to design cost-efficient, reliable infrastructure.
• Keen eye for detail, promote high standards, and have strong opinions but strike the right level of pragmatism.
• Conviction to drive changes you believe in while staying grounded in team outcomes, working autonomously but openly and pitching in wherever the work is needed.
• Actively mentored others on technical and operational matters, raising the bar and ensuring sustainable ways of working.
• 5+ years commercial development experience, demonstrating your ability to build, test, and ship reliable code.

• Significant equity share options
• 30 days of annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)
• A flexible working environment
• £500 personal development fund
• Regular social events
• Immediate access to mental health support through Spill and enhanced Family Leave
• Opt-in Corporate health and wellbeing cash plan (offering up to £1700 in cash back annually)
• MacBook, mouse & keyboard and £250 towards setting up your WFH environment
• Pension with employer contribution of 3%
• Access to Fora office membership benefits including gyms, fitness classes, events, and dog-friendly office
• Other benefits including cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans, eye-care vouchers, payroll giving

Sensat is a geospatial AI business that powers advanced and highly functional digital twins for the world's most critical infrastructure projects, partnering with large construction, engineering, and critical infrastructure companies to enable digital visualization, planning, and management of projects.