Lead Software Engineer

Company: Understanding Recruitment
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will contribute to a fast-growing defense-tech startup building cutting-edge decision-making technology. You will integrate with a technically focused team that values problem-solving ability over language experience. The work spans backend and potentially full-stack efforts, leveraging a stack including Rust, Typescript, and React. You will join on-site in London, with equity opportunities and a performance-driven culture. This is an opportunity to shape scalable systems that inform critical decisions at pace.

Pay / Benefits

  • equity
  • on-site in London

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain backend services; collaborate across cross-functional teams
  • Contribute to high-throughput system design and performance optimization
  • Support full-stack work when needed on frontend integrations
  • Participate in architectural decisions for event-driven or unified event models
  • Deliver high-quality code and participate in code reviews

Key requirements

  • problem-solving
  • collaboration
  • adaptability
  • Rust
  • Typescript
  • React

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Posted: November 1st, 2026