Founding Senior Engineer

→ This role is based on-site in London, UK
→ We offer UK visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates
→ Compensation: £75K – £110K + significant equity (0.5% – 1.2%)


About Tracer

Many scientists struggle to debug broken bioinformatics pipelines they use for research, which slows down the velocity of new scientific breakthroughs like drug development , that could help millions of people. To fix this, we're building an advanced observability platform for high-performance computing. Backed by $3M in funding from top investors and located in the heart of London, we're assembling a founding team to accelerate. Ready to make an impact?

Your Mission

As a Founding Senior Engineer, you'll focus on developing our core observability platform along with our founding engineering team. You'll contribute to key architectural decisions and write production code; you'll also tackle some of the most complex engineering challenges we encounter. This role is ideal for senior engineers who want to shape the technical foundations of the platform and have a direct impact on the product.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and develop our Rust-based client for data ingestion

• Design and implement core platform features:

  • Data ingestion connectors

  • Logs management systems

  • Observability interfaces

  • Error resolution tools

• Drive core architecture decisions and lead deployment on customer cloud

• Collaborate with teams to align technical solutions with business goals

• Foster engineering excellence in the team through mentorship and best practices

Key Skills and Experience

• Brings at least 3+ years of experience in building complex software systems

• Proven ability to solve challenging engineering problems

• Demonstrates deep technical expertise in high-performance computing, observability, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, or data science

• Proficient in low-level programming like Rust, C, or other technologies

• Track record of taking calculated technical risks and learning from failures

• Ability to leverage open-source architectures to accelerate development

• Thrives in fast-paced environments while managing multiple priorities

• Proven track record of shipping complex products at high velocity

• Brings a strong product mindset, ensuring technical solutions align with business priorities

Bonus points

• Proficient in high-performance data infrastructure

• Experienced in technical leadership as a manager or project lead

• Early-stage startup experience

Our Tech Stack

• Rust: We prioritise speed and efficiency for our core systems

• Nextflow & AlphaFold: Optimized for HPC and advanced AI workloads for drug discovery

• AWS + Terraform: Automated, scalable infrastructure for seamless deployment

• eBPF and techniques like dynamic library rewriting, monkey patching, and runtime adjustments

P.S. Experience with our stack is valued but not required . We prioritise strong engineering fundamentals and an ability to learn quickly.

Interview Process (subject to change)

• Initial call with Talent (30 min)

• Intro call with Founder or Lead Engineer (30 min)

• Take-home technical assignment

• Technical interview (1h)

• We offer

→ Want to learn more about Tracer? Check our website - https://www.tracer.bio/