Staff Software Engineer

OVERVIEW

Why this role stands out

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.

COMPANY

Fanvue

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

RESPONSIBILITIES

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.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Who this is a fit for

• 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.

WHAT MAKES IT REMARKABLE

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.

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How Jack & Jill work together

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