High-Growth Civic Tech Company | Mid-Senior level Back-End Engineer | Fully Remote (Preferably Scotland-based) | £55 - 70K + equity

About the Company:

We’re partnered with a mission-driven technology company building digital platforms that empower citizens and strengthen democratic participation. Their platform helps governments and communities co-create policies, run deliberative processes, and make collective decisions in a transparent and inclusive way. They combine technology with real-world impact to help organisations make better decisions, with a strong focus on civic tech, digital governance, and user-centred design.

About the Role:

They are currently seeking a driven Backend Engineer to join their team and play a key role in building the core infrastructure powering a platform designed for large-scale, participatory decision-making. This role sits at the intersection of backend engineering, infrastructure, and emerging AI workflows, offering the opportunity to work with modern technologies such as Rust and LLM-powered systems. You will play a key role in designing scalable backend systems, building robust APIs, and contributing to the architecture of a platform that supports complex, real-world use cases.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement backend systems and APIs using Rust, following modern engineering best practices.
• Develop and optimise LLM-driven workflows to support structured decision-making and processing of user input at scale.
• Contribute to the architecture, development, and maintenance of core infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, designers, and policy experts to deliver end-to-end product features.
• Ensure systems are scalable, performant, and maintainable as the platform grows.

Requirements:

• 3-6 years of professional development experience.
• Experience building backend services using Rust.
• Strong understanding of APIs, authentication, and distributed systems.
• Experience working with or integrating LLM-based tools or workflows.
• Familiarity with modern development practices, including Git and CI/CD.
• Interest in building impactful products within civic tech or social impact space.
• Experience with the Axum framework is a plus.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure is a plus.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus or Grafana is a plus.
• Experience in data processing, machine learning, or natural language systems is a plus.

Compensation and benefits:

• Competitive salary (£55K–£70K).
• Fully remote working with flexible hours.
• Opportunity to work on meaningful products with real societal impact.
• Collaborative, mission-driven team environment.
• Modern tech stack with strong ownership and growth opportunities.
• Equity package for full time employees.