Backend Engineer
Zavo (YC F25)United Kingdom10 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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About The Role
We're looking for a Backend Engineer who will build the core infrastructure powering our AI-powered payments and POS platform. You'll design and scale APIs, data pipelines, and backend services using Python, Django, and FastAPI—building the foundation that 400+ restaurants and retail businesses rely on every day. You'll work directly with our co-founders and small technical team to make Zavo fast, reliable, and intelligent.
Compensation: £80,000–£120,000 base salary + equity
About Zavo
We’re a YC-backed (F25) startup based in London, building an intelligent, all-in-one platform to replace today’s fragmented restaurant tech stack.
Zavo powers card payments, POS, and AI for 400+ restaurants and retail businesses. We’re backed by leading global investors, growing revenue rapidly, and moving fast to define the next generation of restaurant technology.
What You'll Do
80,000 - 120,000 GBP per year(Hybrid (London, England, GB))
We're looking for a Backend Engineer who will build the core infrastructure powering our AI-powered payments and POS platform. You'll design and scale APIs, data pipelines, and backend services using Python, Django, and FastAPI—building the foundation that 400+ restaurants and retail businesses rely on every day. You'll work directly with our co-founders and small technical team to make Zavo fast, reliable, and intelligent.
Compensation: £80,000–£120,000 base salary + equity
About Zavo
We’re a YC-backed (F25) startup based in London, building an intelligent, all-in-one platform to replace today’s fragmented restaurant tech stack.
Zavo powers card payments, POS, and AI for 400+ restaurants and retail businesses. We’re backed by leading global investors, growing revenue rapidly, and moving fast to define the next generation of restaurant technology.
What You'll Do
- Design and build robust APIs and backend services using Django and FastAPI
- Architect data models and optimize database performance with Supabase/PostgreSQL
- Build integrations with payment processors, POS hardware, and third-party services
- Develop backend infrastructure for our AI agents that automate restaurant operations
- Ensure platform reliability, security, and scalability as we grow
- Work directly with co-founders and frontend engineers to ship end-to-end features
- Strong Python expertise—you write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Experience with Django and/or FastAPI in production environments
- 3-5+ years building backend systems that real users depend on
- Solid understanding of PostgreSQL, API design, and distributed systems
- Founder mentality—you treat this like your own company and do whatever it takes
- Customer obsession—genuinely excited about building products for restaurant owners and merchants
- High agency and comfortable with ambiguity—we're a small team moving fast
- Based in London (hybrid)—we need in-person collaboration with the team
- UK work authorization—we can't sponsor visas at this stage
- YC-backed with very strong revenue and momentum (400+ merchants and growing)
- Work directly with founders on high-impact problems
- Modern backend stack—Python, Django, FastAPI, Supabase, AI/ML
- Real ownership over critical infrastructure
- Early-stage equity with real upside potential
- London-based team with a collaborative, all-in culture
80,000 - 120,000 GBP per year(Hybrid (London, England, GB))
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