Founding AI Engineer | Early Stage AI Start-Up | London

Oho Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Benefits

Job summary

OHO Group is seeking a Founding AI Engineer in London to join a well-funded, rapidly growing early-stage AI startup. You will be among the first technical hires, collaborating with the founders to design, build, and deploy LLM-powered systems that shape the product and the company.

You will have 1-5 years of experience, proficiency in Python, and a strong academic background in CS/AI/ML. The role offers a genuine founding position with equity and close collaboration with experienced founders.

Qualifications

• 1-5 years of professional experience in software engineering and AI
• Hands-on experience building AI systems from scratch
• Proficiency in Python and software fundamentals
• Academic excellence: degree in CS/AI/ML or related field

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy LLM-powered systems with founders
• Own significant technical and product decisions in early-stage setup
• Collaborate closely with founders to shape product and technology direction
• Contribute to architecture discussions and long-term roadmap

Skills

Python

LLM deployment

Education

CS/AI/ML degree

Job description

Founding AI Engineer | Early Stage AI Start-Up | London

Founding AI Engineer required to join an extremely well funded, rapidly growing early-stage AI start-up with a world class founding team using AI to solve a real world problem. You’ll be one of the first technical hires, working directly with the founders to design, build, and deploy LLM-powered systems that meaningfully shape the product and the company.

You are:

• 1-5 years of professional experience, with strong software engineering fundamentals
• Proven hands-on experience building AI systems from scratch and deploying LLMs in production
• Proficiency in Python
• Academic Excellence: BSc, MSc or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or related stem field from a top university
• Comfortable in chaos and thrive in fast paced environments
• Experience as an early employee at a start-up
• Experience working closely with product or founders
• Extremely competitive salary, meaningful equity, and benefits
• A genuine founding role with significant technical and product ownership
• Close collaboration with experienced, second-time founders who deeply understand the problem space
• Strong financial backing from top-tier investors
• The chance to help shape both the technology and culture from the ground up

Looking to join early, play a key role, and build AI systems that solve real-world problems? Let’s chat.

Founding AI Engineer | Early Stage AI Start-Up | London