Founding AI Engineer — Own the AI Stack (YC-Backed)

Oho Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Oho Group, a London-based YC-backed AI startup, is hiring a Founding AI Engineer to own core AI development, build autonomous systems, and steer the technical roadmap from ground up. You will shape high-impact AI products and scalable infrastructure in a fast-moving environment.

Seeking an exceptional, production-focused engineer with strong LLM expertise and a track record of delivering end-to-end systems. Competitive package and substantial ownership await.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic background with a First Class degree or equivalent.
• Entrepreneurial and ambitious mindset with willingness to build something large.
• Outstanding software engineering experience with production-grade apps.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, agentic AI systems, and AI applications that can reason and act.
• Comfort with full engineering lifecycle from concept to deployment.
• Ability to move quickly and own outcomes.

Skills

Academic excellence

Ambitious mindset

Production-grade software

LLMs and agentic AI

Full lifecycle ownership

Ownership mindset

Education

First Class degree

Tools

LLM orchestration

Tool calling

RAG

Production AI infra

Job description

Oho Group, a London-based YC-backed AI startup, is hiring a Founding AI Engineer to own core AI development, build autonomous systems, and steer the technical roadmap from ground up. You will shape high-impact AI products and scalable infrastructure in a fast-moving environment.

Seeking an exceptional, production-focused engineer with strong LLM expertise and a track record of delivering end-to-end systems. Competitive package and substantial ownership await.