ML & Backend Engineer — Rust/Python, Equity, Remote

Sqwish Cambridge, United Kingdom £40,000–£90,000 a year Posted 2 months ago

Visa-fit: Strong potential

Sqwish is looking for a backend engineer in Cambridge to build product infrastructure for AI solutions. The role entails developing low-latency APIs, maintaining data integrity, and supporting machine learning systems.…

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  • Register name: SQWISH LTD
  • Town/city: CAMBRIDGE
  • Rating: Worker (A rating)
  • Register snapshot: 2026-10-19T09:25:45+01:00

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  • Candidates can work in-person or remotely, with visa sponsorship available

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The job title maps to SOC 2134 (Programmers and software development professionals), which is skilled to RQF level 6 or above on the current rules.

  • Job title matched the pattern "backend engineer" for SOC 2134.

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