Junior-Mid Backend Engineer - Data, Platform &...

At Flexciton, we work with high-tech factories built with investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars, producing advanced chips at the atomic level. It can take up to nine months to fabricate these cutting-edge products.

We are proud to be the only SaaS product in the world that plans and schedules production in high-tech semiconductor fabs, using complex algorithms in real-time, all from our London office.

Our technology consistently delivers the best production schedules, and leading companies like Seagate trust Flexciton to run their production 24/7. With operations across the US, Europe, and expansion into Asia, we are on a path to realise our vision for the Autonomous Factory.

Job Summary

We're seeking a Junior-Mid Backend Engineer to join our platform and infrastructure team, contributing to the data pipelines and systems that power our manufacturing automation platform. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, data integration, and backend systems, while learning from experienced engineers in a supportive, fast-paced startup environment. As you grow, you'll have opportunities to take on greater technical ownership, mentor newer team members, and deepen your expertise in areas like platform engineering, data systems, or security, with a clear progression path to senior engineering roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data integration pipelines and ETL processes in Python

• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code using Terraform for deployments and configuration

• Work with Azure cloud services and Kubernetes to deploy and monitor applications

• Participate in database design, optimization, and data modeling tasks

• Write clean, testable code with attention to performance and reliability

• Deliver features end-to-end: design, build, test, deploy, monitor

• Collaborate with engineers to implement platform improvements

• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

Required Experience

• At least 1 year of commercial software development experience

• Some experience with Python or other object-oriented programming languages

• Understanding of fundamental programming concepts and software development lifecycle

• Familiarity with version control (Git) and basic development tools

• Interest in infrastructure, data systems, or backend engineering

• Eagerness to learn and grow in a fast-paced startup environment

Nice-to-have

• Any exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation)

• Exposure to data processing, ETL pipelines, or working with databases

• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts or tools

• Basic understanding of networking, security, or systems concepts

• Experience with testing frameworks

• Any experience with Rust or other systems programming languages