Senior Full Stack Engineer at Kernel

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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

About Kernel Kernel provides enterprise RevOps teams with AI-powered company data for their CRMs. We raised $14M in Series A funding from top VCs and operators at Plaid, OpenAI, and Slack to build an AI-native alternative to Dun & Bradstreet's entity and hierarchy data. RevOps teams at Navan, Gong, Mistral, and AlphaSense use Kernel to run their organizations. At Kernel, we process 7B+ tokens a day and run 1.8M+ agents daily, all on an architecture that’s intentionally simple: one database, one queue. It’s minimalism built for massive scale (For reference, Wikipedia has 2.3B tokens in the English wikipedia). Our queue processes a daily volume on par with the entire Visa network’s transactions (~365M/day). All of which has been built by a small but mighty team of engineers. The Role You are a T-shaped full stack engineer with a spike in backend engineering. You will work with product and engineering on the product overall and support our infrastructure so we can scale efficiently. You do not need to be a DevOps wizard, but experience with AWS and Kubernetes is helpful. You are adaptable, take initiative and enjoy contributing at pace. The team is lean, the environment is low-structure and clear communication matters. You will own our back-end infrastructure from AWS to our workflow automations in n8n and help the company grow from $3M to $30M ARR. We are still early in building our infrastructure, so you will play a key role in shaping what we build and how we build it. What You’ll Be Doing Owning and scaling Kernel’s back-end infrastructure (AWS, NodeJS, Postgres, n8n) Designing systems that process millions of accounts, terabytes of data and thousands of parallel executions Building reliable, scalable data pipelines and services for enterprise customers Rapidly shipping features to users and to our internal team Continuously evaluating code, infrastructure and processes to find improvements Automating manual processes to increase speed and reliability Sharing feedback on roadmap direction and ideas on bets to place and potential solutions More specifically you will be: Ensuring a world-class, scalable back-end infrastructure Working daily with the team to move us toward our next goal Implementing mass-action workflows that clean, enrich and complete CRM data Establishing robust monitoring, observability and reliability practices Partnering with product and solutions engineering to translate business logic into safe mass actions in customer CRMs What You Bring 6+ years of software or product engineering experience Strong experience building and scaling production systems Comfort with backend engineering (NodeJS, Postgres, TypeScript) Strong understanding of LLM application development patterns (RAG, prompt engineering, consistency testing) - either through production experience or demonstrated personal projects. If you're new to LLMs but have shipped complex production systems in other domains and are comfortable rapidly learning new technologies, we'd still love to hear from you. Ability to operate autonomously in a small, high-velocity team Excellent communication and collaboration skills Some experience with Kubernetes or distributed systems It is a plus if you also have: Experience working on AI-driven or data-heavy products Frontend experience (NextJS, React, TypeScript) Understanding of CRM data models or workflow automation ⚠️ This role may not be for you if you: Need lots of structure Will only ship pixel-perfect results before releasing Need a fully fleshed-out spec to code Are heavily indexed on DevOps and have spent less time on software engineering ❌ This role is definitely not for you if you: Prefer fully remote work (this role requires at least 3 days a week in the office) Do not enjoy the intensity of an early-stage startup Have side hustles or other projects Want to manage a team What We Offer We will do our best to offer you a ride of a lifetime. It will not be easy, but it will be thrilling. 💰 Salary: £110,000 – £170,000 + equity 🗓️ 24 days holiday per year + bank holidays ✈️ 2 weeks work-from-anywhere 💼 Pension plan 💻 Top-spec equipment and central London office 🍽️ Free dinner at the office 🎉 Team events and dinners 🚀 Work directly with the founders to scale the systems that power enterprise AI 🛠️ Tech Stack Back-end (AWS): NodeJS, TypeScript, Postgres Front-end: NextJS, TypeScript, Tailwind Workflow automation: n8n ❤️ Team We are around 30 people with 7 engineers and 1 Product Manager, including: Sam Houghton, Founding Engineer Eleanor Leung, Senior Engineer David Saltares, Senior Engineer Stefan Sabev, Head of Product Tom Ankers, Senior Engineer Willis Chou, Senior Engineer 🎫 Visas & Relocation We sponsor visas for exceptional candidates and provide relocation support for those moving to London. Interview Process Stage 1: Introductory Call (40 minutes) Stage 2: Hiring Manager Call (40 minutes) Stage 3: Take-Home Task (≤ 2 hours) Stage 4: Technical Interview (90 minutes) Final Stage: Founders Interview - a conversation with Anders (CEO) and Marcus (CTO) focused on values alignment and long-term vision. Following Mutual Fit: Reference checks and offer stage.

Responsibilities

The role involves owning and scaling Kernel’s back-end infrastructure using technologies like AWS, NodeJS, and Postgres, while designing systems capable of processing millions of accounts and terabytes of data. Responsibilities also include rapidly shipping features, building reliable data pipelines for enterprise customers, and establishing robust monitoring and reliability practices.

Requirements

Candidates must have 6+ years of software or product engineering experience with strong proficiency in backend engineering using NodeJS, Postgres, and TypeScript, alongside scaling production systems. A strong understanding of LLM application development patterns like RAG is required, though rapid learners new to LLMs but experienced in complex systems are also encouraged to apply.

Key skills

• Backend Engineering — in 127 other listings on The Stack
• Full Stack Engineering — in 2 other listings on The Stack
• AWS — in 802 other listings on The Stack
• Kubernetes — in 585 other listings on The Stack
• NodeJS — in 24 other listings on The Stack
• Postgres — in 69 other listings on The Stack
• TypeScript — in 467 other listings on The Stack
• LLM Application Development — in 7 other listings on The Stack
• RAG
• Prompt Engineering
• System Design
• Data Pipelines
• n8n
• NextJS
• React
• Tailwind

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Kernel has 7 other listings on The Stack, 6 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 214 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 28 visa-sponsored full stack engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• The top of its stated salary (GBP 170,000 per year) is higher than 8 of the 16 other GBP per-year salaries stated by listings in the United Kingdom on The Stack.

Frequently asked questions about Kernel

Is this Senior Full Stack Engineer role still open?

It was posted on 2026-03-10. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Kernel's site before applying.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as London, United Kingdom. It is marked remote.

What is the salary for this role?

The listing states a salary of GBP 110,000–170,000 per year.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Backend Engineering, Full Stack Engineering, AWS, Kubernetes, NodeJS, Postgres, TypeScript, LLM Application Development, RAG, Prompt Engineering, System Design, Data Pipelines, n8n, NextJS, React, Tailwind.