Founding Product Engineer with Domain Expertise at VC-backed AI logistics platform

Jack & Jill/External ATS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics technology firm is seeking a Founding Product Engineer to build an AI-native operating system for global logistics. This role demands deep domain expertise in B2C e-commerce delivery and offers high ownership in shaping the company’s product and culture. You will directly influence significant changes in the logistics industry through innovative solutions, collaborating with leadership and customers from the outset. Join a funded startup making waves in the logistics sector.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of outbound shipping, returns, or cross-border logistics.
• Experience in building customer-facing products.
• Ability to shape product and engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership and customers to simplify logistics problems.
• Build foundational systems and customer-facing products.
• Define and create core backend architecture for AI agents.

Skills

Deep domain expertise in B2C e-commerce delivery

User-focused product development

Iterative shipping

Collaboration with leadership

Job description

Founding Product Engineer

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Job Title: Founding Product Engineer with Domain Expertise

Company Description: VC-backed AI logistics platform

Job Description

This founding role involves building the AI-native operating system for global logistics. You'll own problems, shape outcomes, and build foundational systems and customer-facing products from day one. Leverage Generative AI to redefine delivery networks and contribute significantly to a rapidly evolving, high-impact industry.

Location: London, UK; Remote

Why this role is remarkable

• Help build the AI brain of global delivery, transforming a $500B+ industry with a first-principles rewrite of its tech stack
• Join a well-funded startup, backed by top-tier VCs, already powering operations for major brands and nominated for innovation awards
• High ownership from day one, shaping product, engineering culture, and directly influencing global delivery

What you will do

• Collaborate directly with leadership and early customers to translate complex logistics problems into simple, shippable products
• Build foundational systems and customer-facing product, architecting clear APIs for a "Plaid for Logistics" vision
• Define and build core backend architecture ("Model Context Protocols") to power an "Agent Factory" for deploying AI agents

The ideal candidate

• Possesses deep domain expertise in B2C e-commerce delivery (outbound shipping, returns, or cross-border logistics)
• Obsessed with the user, fluent as a builder, shipping iteratively with care, and valuing impact over perfection
• Thrives in a high-trust, low-ego environment, eager to help build company values and practices from the ground up

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