Founding AI Engineer — Ship Real-World AI Systems

LinuxRecruit; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake

Job summary

LinuxRecruit is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to join a small team. You will work across AI, backend systems, integrations and data to turn complex business problems into working software. This hands-on role rewards ownership, fast learning, and a stake in the company as the product evolves.

You will ship AI-powered systems, collaborate with senior leadership, and own significant technical decisions in a lean, high-growth environment. Equity is offered as part of the package.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping AI applications into production.
• Ability to own problems end-to-end with minimal guidance.
• Comfort across the full tech stack and multiple languages.
• Interest in building products from scratch and solving ambiguous problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy AI-powered systems across the stack.
• Collaborate with leadership to shape architecture and roadmap.
• Own end-to-end development from design through deployment.
• Tackle cross-functional engineering challenges as the product evolves.

Skills

Full-stack software engineering

AI applications in production

Ownership & self-direction

Ambiguity problem solving

Tools

Python

Cloud services

Job description

LinuxRecruit is seeking a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer to join a small team. You will work across AI, backend systems, integrations and data to turn complex business problems into working software. This hands-on role rewards ownership, fast learning, and a stake in the company as the product evolves.

You will ship AI-powered systems, collaborate with senior leadership, and own significant technical decisions in a lean, high-growth environment. Equity is offered as part of the package.