Founding Engineer: Architect End-to-End Platforms

blockchaincapital.com; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private Healthcare (Bupa)

Pension scheme

Nursery benefit

34 days paid holiday

Work visa sponsorship

All equipment provided

Job summary

Blockchain Capital in London is seeking a Founding Engineer to solve challenging algorithmic problems, manage the entire tech stack, and build products from end to end. You will develop desktop applications, both frontend and backend, and design complex systems for handling vast personal data while enabling agentic interactions.

The role requires rapid learning, strong problem solving, and the ability to own and scale critical infrastructure from day one.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience on challenging projects or exceptional ability with slightly less experience.
• Strong track record solving difficult problems in either academic or industrial settings.
• Ability to design and develop complex, computationally heavy backend systems and be trusted for judgement.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure providers and databases, e.g. Kubernetes, SQL/NoSQL.

Responsibilities

• Solve tough algorithmic problems and own the full tech stack end-to-end.
• Build highly performant desktop applications, both frontend and backend, and design complex data systems for ingestion and processing at scale.
• Identify and tackle technical challenges, learn quickly, and contribute to product scaling and improvements.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Rust/C++

Tools

Kubernetes

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Blockchain Capital in London is seeking a Founding Engineer to solve challenging algorithmic problems, manage the entire tech stack, and build products from end to end. You will develop desktop applications, both frontend and backend, and design complex systems for handling vast personal data while enabling agentic interactions.

The role requires rapid learning, strong problem solving, and the ability to own and scale critical infrastructure from day one.