Founding Engineer — End-to-End AI Platform, London Onsite

PulseRise Technologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PulseRise Technologies in London is seeking a Founding Engineer to build a core AI product end-to-end, owning the codebase and shaping architecture from day one.

You will work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure in a stealth-stage startup, making decisions with minimal specs and delivering ships from scratch. This is an on-site, long-term role with outsized ownership and impact.

Qualifications

• 2 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience in early-stage startups or resource-constrained environments.
• Track record shipping full-stack features end-to-end (frontend, backend, infra).
• Able to work with minimal specs and make architectural calls independently.
• Based in London or able to commute daily for on-site work.
• Nice to have: experience with AI agents or LLMs.
• Nice to have: background in Insurtech or Fintech.

Responsibilities

• Build the product end-to-end from architecture decisions to shipped features.
• Own full-stack work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Make core technical and architectural decisions with minimal oversight.
• Turn ambiguous problems and light specs into working software.
• Help automate insurance workflows such as submissions and quotes.
• Shape engineering culture as an early team member.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Architectural decisions

Independent shipping

Startup experience

On-site London base

AI/LLM exposure (nice to have)

Insurtech/Fintech context (nice tohave

Job description

PulseRise Technologies in London is seeking a Founding Engineer to build a core AI product end-to-end, owning the codebase and shaping architecture from day one.

You will work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure in a stealth-stage startup, making decisions with minimal specs and delivering ships from scratch. This is an on-site, long-term role with outsized ownership and impact.