Skills

Python TypeScript PostgreSQL GitHub CI/CD Docker Programming react AWS FastAPI Terraform Express GitHub Actions

Job Specifications

Product/Backend Software Engineering Position

Summary

Salary band £120k+ (& equity)
Hybrid working policy: with three days a week in our Waterloo office
Experience level: At least five years in commercial software engineering

About Orchestra

Orchestra is an AI-native data pipelining platform building the future of data orchestration and observability. We have built a declarative framework allowing data engineers to explicitly declare how their data pipelines behave. Think CI/CD but for data teams!

Backed by VCs from San Francisco, New York and London with angels from across the data space and beyond.

Engineering at Orchestra

We care deeply about our users—their pain points and experience
We're a small team of generalists who embrace new challenges regularly
We're united by our mission, focused execution, and speed
We deploy to production multiple times a day

Tech Stack

Backend: Python (FastAPI) + Typescript (express)
Frontend: React + Typescript
Infrastructure: AWS (serverless!), terraform
Containerisation: Docker
Database: PostgreSQL + DynamoDB
CI/CD: GitHub actions + Blacksmith runners

What You'll Do

Build exceptional product and scale the core experience
Implement and maintain features across the full stack (with focus on the backend)
Own systems end-to-end
Collaborate closely with customers
Drive the full development lifecycle
Contribute to shaping our culture and strategy

About you

5+ years of experience building and shipping full-stack products.
Strong programming skills in Python
Concrete understanding of system design and scalable backend systems.
Proficiency in React + TypeScript or a willingness to learn and contribute to frontend experiences.
Fast, resourceful, and opinionated - you know when to ship and when to conduct an experiment.
Demonstrated experience working in a cloud environment

Benefits

Competitive salary + equity
Bi-annual offsite
Regular team dinners + socials
Choice of hardware

About the Company

The data stack is broken and we are here to fix it. Our core product is the fastest, most powerful and easiest Consolidated AI and Data Workflow platform for fast-growing teams. We are now reimagining how AI and Data Workflows are built (AI to build AI) and how their outputs are used in a revolutionary Context Layer for Enterprise AI. Single-Person Teams get a Free Tier: https://app.getorchestra.io/signup Interested in our work? Follow the Blog: https://medium.com/@hugolu87 Know more