Founding Engineer (Backend/Infra/AI) - Remote

Ulex; London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ulex seeks a Founding Engineer to design and build the core backend for a pioneering AI platform. With a focus on LLMs and scalable infrastructure, this role offers the opportunity to shape a transformative technology while enjoying competitive compensation and significant equity. Join a dynamic team passionate about AI innovation in a fast-paced startup environment.

Benefits

Significant Equity Package

Competitive Compensation

Flexible Environment

Qualifications

• Experience with LLM APIs and multi-model integration.
• Proven skills in building scalable backend systems and microservices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design core backend systems and infrastructure for the AI platform.
• Propose and implement innovative product features leveraging LLMs.
• Build scalable and reliable systems for data processing and AI integration.

Skills

LLM Proficiency

Infrastructure Mastery

Data Expertise

Problem-Solving Skills

Cloud-Native Development

Education

5+ years in software engineering

Job description

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Ulex is an all-in-one AI platform designed to seamlessly integrate multiple LLMs with private and public data, offering users the ability to chat, draft, search, and transcribe effortlessly. With a focus on delivering an exceptional user experience, Ulex empowers individuals and businesses to harness generative AI for unparalleled efficiency and innovation.

Why Join Us?

As a Founding Engineer at Ulex, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our unified AI knowledge platform from the ground up. This is your chance to work on cutting-edge AI technology, solve challenging problems, and make a tangible impact in a fast-paced startup environment. Joining us now means contributing directly to building the foundation of a transformative platform while establishing the technical culture and architecture that will scale with our growth.

As a Founding Engineer at Ulex, You Will:

• Architect the Foundation: Design and build the core backend systems and infrastructure that will power our unified AI platform from day one.

• Drive Innovation: Propose and implement product features leveraging the latest advancements in LLMs and generative AI while making critical technical decisions that impact our long-term success.

• Build Robust Infrastructure: Develop and optimize scalable, reliable systems for AI model integration, inference, and multi-LLM orchestration.

• Master Data Handling: Design systems to ingest, index, and process vast datasets while ensuring seamless integration with multiple LLMs and maintaining data security.

• Enhance Search and Retrieval: Build high-performance systems across large, heterogeneous databases and vectorstores for accurate and efficient querying at scale.

• Establish Engineering Excellence: Define coding standards, development workflows, and best practices that will guide our engineering culture as we grow.

• Deliver Excellence: Collaborate directly with founder, product, and design teams to transform ideas into impactful, user-focused features.

• Optimize the Experience: Improve the speed and quality of our platform's codebase to deliver a seamless user experience while building for future scale.

Qualifications

We are looking for talented engineers with the following:

• LLM Proficiency: Proven experience working with LLM APIs, solving real-world prompting challenges, and integrating multiple AI models.

• Infrastructure Mastery: Deep knowledge of building scalable backend systems, microservices architecture, and distributed computing.

• Data Expertise: Familiarity with distributed data processing, managing large-scale datasets, and vector database technologies.

• Cloud-Native Development: Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, with experience in infrastructure as code.

• Problem-Solving Skills: A demonstrated ability to design systems for scale, reliability, and performance in ambiguous environments.

• Startup Mindset: Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and comfortable wearing multiple hats as technical needs evolve.

• Leadership Potential: Ability to mentor future team members and contribute to technical decision-making at the company level.

• Experience: 5+ years in software engineering, with significant focus on AI, backend development, and infrastructure, preferably with startup experience.

What We Offer

• Significant Equity Package: As a founding team member, receive substantial stock options and be part of our growth journey from the beginning.

• Competitive Compensation: Market-rate salary with growth opportunities and exclusive compensation plans tied to personal and company performance.

• Technical Ownership: Direct influence on our technical roadmap, architecture decisions, and engineering culture.

• Exciting Challenges: Work on cutting-edge technology that pushes the boundaries of AI innovation while solving complex technical problems.

• Flexible Environment: Shape your own work style and contribute to building a company culture that values innovation and collaboration.

Join Ulex and Help Build the Future of AI for Knowledge!

If you're passionate about AI, love solving complex problems, and want to be part of a founding team shaping the next generation of generative AI for knowledge work, we'd love to hear from you. This is your opportunity to build something transformative from the ground up.

Apply with your resume and a brief note about what excites you most about this founding opportunity.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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