Founding Engineer_TT

PulseRise Technologies LTD; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PulseRise Technologies LTD is seeking a Founding Engineer in London to own the entire AI product stack, from architecture to shipped features. You’ll operate in a highly ambiguous, stealth-stage environment with immediate impact, collaborating across frontend, backend, and infrastructure.

Join a small, fast-moving team that values initiative and architectural leadership, with a strong emphasis on shaping product direction and engineering culture from day one.

Qualifications

• 2–8 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience in early-stage startups or resource-constrained environments.
• Track record of shipping end-to-end full-stack features.
• Ability to define what to build with minimal specs.
• Based in London and able to commute to onsite role.
• Nice to have: AI agents or working with LLMs.
• Nice to have: Insurtech or Fintech background.

Responsibilities

• Build the product end-to-end, from architecture decisions through shipped features.
• Own full-stack work spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• Make core technical and architectural decisions with minimal oversight.
• Turn ambiguous problems and light specs into shipped, working software.
• Help automate real insurance workflows such as submission intake and quote comparison.
• Contribute to shaping engineering culture and practices as an early member of the team.

Skills

2-8 years exp

Full-stack

Startup experience

Architectural decisions

London based

LLMs experience

Insurtech

Fintech

Job description

We're looking for a Founding Engineer to build a core AI product end-to-end in London. You'll join at an early, stealth stage and take real ownership of the codebase, making architectural decisions and shipping features from scratch rather than picking up tickets from a backlog. The team is already working with top global brokers and automating real workflows, so this is a build role with immediate, tangible impact rather than a greenfield experiment. You'll work across the full stack, frontend, backend, and infrastructure, and be trusted to figure out what to build with minimal spec. It's a great fit for someone with strong startup DNA who thrives on ambiguity and wants to help define both the product and the engineering culture from day one. This is a fully on-site, hands-on role for someone who wants outsized ownership early in a company's life.

Details:

• Schedule: Full time
• Location: London, United Kingdom (Onsite)
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: Long-term
• English: Fluent

About the project:

The company is a stealth-stage AI startup building the agent layer for the commercial insurance market, a large and historically underautomated industry. It is backed by significant early-stage funding and already working with top global insurance brokers, automating core workflows such as submission intake and quote comparison. The team is small and early, which means engineering decisions made now will shape the product and architecture for years to come. Work is fast-paced and often ambiguous, with few detailed specs, so engineers are expected to help define what gets built as much as how it gets built. The mission is to bring modern AI agent capabilities into a traditionally slow-moving, high-value market. This is an opportunity to join at the ground floor of a well-funded, high-momentum early-stage company.

You have:

• 2 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience working in an early-stage startup or another highly resource-constrained environment
• A track record of shipping full-stack features or products end-to-end, spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure
• Comfort operating without detailed specs, figuring out what to build and making architectural calls independently
• Based in London, or able to commute daily for a fully on-site role
• Nice to have: experience building AI agents or working directly with LLMs
• Nice to have: prior experience in Insurtech or Fintech

What to do:

• Build the product end-to-end, from architecture decisions through shipped features
• Own full-stack work spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure
• Make core technical and architectural decisions with minimal oversight
• Turn ambiguous problems and light specs into shipped, working software
• Help automate real insurance workflows such as submission intake and quote comparison
• Contribute to shaping engineering culture and practices as an early member of the team