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Founding Engineer

Tech Talent Network — United Kingdom · Posted ~1 day ago

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Skills

Python TypeScript Backend development Full-stack JavaScript AI engineering Product development End-to-end project ownership High-growth startup experience Customer-focused engineering AI tools JavaScript AI

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Summary

Become a founding engineer at a heavily capitalized stealth AI venture and help shape the company from the ground up. You will have unusually broad ownership across engineering, product, technology strategy, and company building, working alongside experienced founders, operators, and senior technical leaders. The ideal candidate has at least three years of experience with full-stack JavaScript or backend Python, strong engineering fundamentals, a track record of shipping high-quality products quickly, and an AI-native mindset. In return, you can expect significant autonomy, founding-level influence, competitive compensation, and meaningful equity.

Highlights

Exceptional ground-floor opportunity with substantial influence over technology, product, culture, and company direction. The package includes a high base salary and founding equity, with the chance to work alongside experienced startup leaders and build ambitious AI technology from the earliest stage.

Description

Founding Engineer | London | Up to £150k + Up to 1% Equity A rare opportunity to join a stealth AI company from day one 🚀 Founded by a 3rd time founder (3 successful exits) who sold their last company for $300M without raising VC funding, they’re now investing £100M of their own capital to build something significantly bigger! This is not a typical engineering role - as one of the first hires, you’ll help shape the technology, product, culture and direction of the company. You’ll be working alongside a world-class team of engineers, operators, Ex-CTO's and Ex-founders from backgrounds including Entrepreneur First, Y Combinator and other leading startup environments. They’re looking for ambitious builders who thrive in ambiguity, solve hard problems and want to create a category-defining company from the ground up. What they're looking for 🎓 Outstanding academic background 🚀 Experience building at high-growth AI startups 🛠️ Strong engineering foundations in Python and/or TypeScript 🤌 Genuine passion for AI and its ability to transform how businesses operate 🤵 Founder mentality with a desire to take ownership beyond code Requirements ⚙️ 3+ Years working with either full-stack JavaScript, or backend Python ⚙️ High agency with the ability to take ownership and drive projects end-to-end ⚙️ Strong ownership mindset with a genuine commitment to customer outcomes ⚙️ Proven track record of shipping high-quality products and features at pace ⚙️ AI-native and highly effective at leveraging AI tools to maximise output ⚙️ Exceptional track record of achievement with evidence of excellence in academics, engineering, startups, sport, or other competitive environments Package 💰 Up to £150,000 base salary 📈 Up to 1% founding equity 🚀 The opportunity to build alongside the UK's most successful bootstrapped founder 🏗️ A true ground-floor role with influence across product, technology and company building For engineers who have always wanted to build a generational company rather than simply work for one, opportunities like this don't come around often - don't miss out!