Founder's Associate (Technical)

Installio; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Meaningful equity

Exposure to founders

Hybrid work in London HQ

Job summary

Installio is hiring a Technical Founder's Associate in London. You will bridge product and operations, building internal tools, AI workflows, and prototypes to accelerate the company’s growth. This high‑exposure role collaborates with founders and the CTO to shape the product roadmap and scale the business.

The role requires hands-on AI and data experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and a comfort with ambiguity. Hybrid work with three days in our central London HQ is expected.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building with AI and data.
• Strong analytical skills and commercial judgement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication — able to translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
• 1–3 years' experience in product, engineering, startups, or similar

Responsibilities

• Bridge between product and ops, translating needs into shipped tooling.
• Spin up internal tools, scripts, and prototypes to solve business problems quickly.
• Use AI to improve company productivity (automation, agents, data).
• Own and drive cross-functional technical projects end-to-end.
• Translate partner and operational requirements into clear product briefs.
• Represent Installio in technical conversations with partners, suppliers, and stakeholders

Skills

AI tooling

Data analysis

Python

Tools

Claude Code

Scripting

Job description

About Installio

Residential heating, power, and storage sit at the core of the UK's net-zero transition. Heating alone drives 17% of UK carbon emissions, yet just 1% of homes use heat pumps — and the shift to electrified, self-generating homes is only accelerating. With £20B+ of market growth on the horizon and government support behind adoption, the opportunity is generational.

About Installio

Residential heating, power, and storage sit at the core of the UK's net-zero transition. Heating alone drives 17% of UK carbon emissions, yet just 1% of homes use heat pumps — and the shift to electrified, self-generating homes is only accelerating. With £20B+ of market growth on the horizon and government support behind adoption, the opportunity is generational.

At Installio, we're tackling the biggest barrier to scale: installation. We started with air‑source heat pumps and have expanded into Solar PV and battery storage, delivering a whole‑home clean energy stack. Our mission is to unlock the UK's green‑collar workforce using technology to enable faster, better, and more scalable installs.

We work directly with homeowners and also on behalf of major B2B partners including Good Energy, So Energy, SMS, and NIBE - driving the green revolution through volume deployment, not one-off jobs.

As experienced third‑time founders (ex-McKinsey, ex-Bloomberg), we're backed by VC and industry leaders, embedded with major B2B players, growing fast, and just getting started.

We're now looking for a high‑impact Technical Founder's Associate to join us for the journey.

The role

You’ll be the bridge between product and the rest of the company - working directly with our co‑founders and CTO to translate operational, commercial, and partner needs into shipped tooling. This is a high‑exposure, high‑responsibility role for someone with a strong technical background and the ability to move fast.

Think of this as a Swiss army knife: one day you’re spinning up an internal tool to unblock ops, the next you’re deploying an AI workflow that removes hours of manual work and you’re sitting in a partner review helping shape the product roadmap. You’ll get your hands dirty - in Claude Code and in the business.

What You’ll Do

• Act as the connector between our product team and ops, commercial, and partners
• Spin up internal tools, scripts, and prototypes to solve business problems quickly
• Use AI to improve company productivity (automation, agents, data)
• Own and drive cross‑functional technical projects end‑to‑end
• Translate partner and operational requirements into clear product briefs
• Represent Installio in technical conversations with partners, suppliers, and stakeholders

What we’re looking for

• Highly motivated self‑starter
• Hands‑on experience building with AI and working with data
• Comfortable with code & data – professional experience not required but a plus
• Strong analytical skills and commercial judgement
• Comfortable with ambiguity and wearing multiple hats
• 1–3 years' experience in product, engineering, startups, or similar
• Excellent written and verbal communication — able to translate between technical and non‑technical audiences
• Passion for climate tech and clean energy
• Hybrid work environment with 3 days a week expected in our central London HQ

What you’ll get

• Competitive salary, £40–60k and meaningful equity
• A front‑row seat in a fast‑scaling, mission‑driven startup
• Direct exposure to founders, CTO, and strategic decision‑making
• A mandate to ship internal tooling, automations and AI across the company
• Opportunities to grow into a leadership role (product, engineering, or operations) as we scale