Permutable

Real-time market signals via AI platform

Software Engineer - Backend & distributed systems

Backend EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeLondon, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

2–3 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent.
Expert proficiency in Python and strong software engineering fundamentals.
Experience with DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, containerization, automated testing, and monitoring.
A strong academic background in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, ideally from a top-tier university.
A proactive, resourceful, ambitious approach; eagerness to learn; and comfort working across multiple responsibilities in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

Design and build robust software systems by developing scalable backend services and application programming interfaces for AI-driven applications.
Develop and optimize data pipelines by implementing efficient, reliable systems for ingesting, processing, and serving financial data.
Engineer cloud-native solutions on AWS, including Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, and Redshift, and automate deployments with GitHub Actions and Pulumi.
Collaborate with the engineering team to share ideas, innovate, plan strategy, and decide on next steps.
Own assigned responsibilities and deliver code that shapes the core platform and reaches production rapidly.

Desired Qualifications

Hands-on experience with distributed systems, AWS services, or AI/large language model applications.

Software Engineer (Backend & distributed systems)

Permutable · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-24

Workplace: hybrid

Description

At Permutable, we’re building intelligent systems to automate market analysis using advanced NLP and multi-LLM frameworks. Our goal is to dramatically accelerate how financial information is processed, understood, and acted on, enabling faster, smarter decisions for financial analysts. As a small, ambitious startup, you’ll work directly with our founder and a core team of talented engineers to drive innovation.

What You’ll Do

Design & Build robust software systems – develop scalable backend services and APIs that power our AI-driven applications.
Develop & Optimise data pipelines – implement efficient, reliable systems for ingesting, processing, and serving financial data.
Engineer Cloud-Native Solutions on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, Redshift, etc.) and automate deployments with GitHub Actions & Pulumi.
Collaborate & Brainstorm with our engineering team – we frequently share ideas to innovate, plan strategy and decide on next steps.
Own Your Responsibilities – your code will directly shape our core platform and reach production rapidly.

Requirements

2–3 years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent).
Python expert with strong software engineering fundamentals.
Experience with DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions), containerisation (Docker), automated testing, and monitoring.
Strong academic background in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, ideally from a top-tier university.
Startup mindset: proactive, resourceful, ambitious, eager to learn, and comfortable wearing multiple hats in a fast-moving environment.
Bonus: hands-on experience with distributed systems, AWS services, or AI/LLM applications.

Benefits

Hybrid Flexibility: Spend 3 days/week in our Vauxhall hub.
Real Responsibility: From day one, your contributions will influence our product’s performance and reach production quickly.
Collaborative Culture: Participate in regular brainstorms where every voice matters, and benefit from mentorship by senior engineers.
Career Growth: Broaden your expertise across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven applications at the frontier of automated market analysis.
A Close-Knit Startup Culture: Work alongside a small, supportive team that makes time to connect, from regular socials and offsites to sports events and office treats.

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About the Company

Permutable

Real-time market signals via AI platform

Permutable AI provides real-time market intelligence for institutional investors by converting unstructured data—news, policy updates, supply-chain signals—into structured trading signals delivered via API, data feeds, and terminal interfaces. Its platform uses large language models and explainable AI to generate narrative intelligence, ESG and carbon-emissions datasets, and tools like Trading Co-Pilot and sector-wide analysis engines to visualize cross-asset relationships and track sentiment across commodities, FX and macro themes. It differentiates itself by combining narrative and ESG data with explainable AI to offer faster, more transparent insights than traditional research and data vendors. Its goal is to help hedge funds, asset managers and other institutions make quicker, better-informed investment and risk decisions at the intersection of finance and climate data.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Early VC
Total funding: $2M
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2020

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