Founding Engineer - Incredible Silicon Valley Investors!

Burns Sheehan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative start-up is seeking a Founding Engineer to join their team and help shape the future of AI applications. This exciting role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies like Python, Typescript, and React on AWS, while playing a key part in building a product from the ground up. With top-of-market compensation and meaningful equity, you will be empowered to take ownership of your work in a dynamic environment. If you're ready to make a significant impact and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Relocation sponsorship

Equity in the company

Opportunity to build a company from the ground up

Qualifications

• Experience in building enterprise AI applications across the development stack.
• Strong expertise in modern client-side languages and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly build and test new ideas to gather user feedback.
• Write client and server-side code for web applications.

Skills

Python

Typescript

React

AI Applications

Back-End Development

Front-End Development

Tools

AWS

Job description

Founding Engineer - Disruptive AI Start-Up - Incredible Silicon Valley Investors!

London - 4 days a week in the office

Up to £120,000 plus equity

Python, Typescript/React, AWS

Do you have a Founding Engineer mindset, combining product focus and speed of delivery?

Do you enjoy designing and building products from 0-1 with autonomy to shape the technical strategy?

If so, please read on…

Founding Engineer - We are working with an amazing AI start-up who have raised $2.5m in pre-seed funding from two of Silicon Valley's premier Seed VCs and some very impressive Angel investors. As Founding Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the product and the company. They're at the very beginning of an exciting journey, with a huge opportunity to revolutionise an industry prime for technical innovation. This role gives you the unique chance to create something from the ground up while they work towards finding product-market fit.

They're looking for an ambitious Founding Engineer who's ready to dive in from day one. This is a fast-paced, high-impact position where you'll be wearing multiple hats as they build and scale their product.

Tech Stack: Typescript/React, Python on AWS

What Will The Founding Engineer Do:

• Rapidly build and test new ideas to gather user feedback.
• Write both client and server-side code for web applications.
• Convert user pain points and feedback into actionable product roadmaps.
• Help define and shape our engineering culture and team as we grow.

About You:

• Front-End Expertise: Experience with modern client-side languages and frameworks (e.g., Typescript, React).
• Back-End Knowledge: Comfortable with back-end development using modern server-side languages (e.g., Python).
• Design Enthusiast: You have a passion for creating products that balance functionality with beautiful design.
• AI Applications: Experience building enterprise AI applications across the development stack.
• Start-up-Ready: You thrive in a dynamic environment with constantly evolving priorities.
• Proactive: You act with high agency, taking initiative and ownership of your work from day one.

What's In It For You?

• Top-of-market compensation to reflect your expertise.
• Meaningful equity - you'll have a real stake in the company's success.
• Perks: Relocation sponsorship if needed, plus an amazing opportunity to help build a company from the ground up.

Ready to Build Something Incredible?

If you're a proactive Founding Engineer who thrives in a fast-moving, innovative Start-Up environment, please reply with your CV or call Simon for a chat.