Founding Senior Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private healthcare

Wellbeing allowance

Salary sacrifice pension

Equipment provided

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Catapult is building personalised AI models that understand the complete context of your work across email, calendar, Slack, Notion, and more. The founding senior engineer will tackle challenging algorithms, manage the tech stack, and deliver end-to-end products, collaborating closely with AI engineers.

You’ll work on desktop applications, algorithmic development, and cross-functional projects, with a fast-learning, problem-solving mindset and the opportunity to shape the future of personalised

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience on similar projects.
• Strong programming skills in Typescript, Python, and/or Rust/C++.
• Proven ability to solve difficult problems in academic or industrial settings.
• Experience managing engineering workflows and scientific processes.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure providers and database technologies (SQL/no-SQL).
• Ability to self-organise and work independently.
• Based in, or willing to relocate to London (visa sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Solve tough algorithmic problems and contribute to end-to-end product development.
• Own and manage the entire tech stack for desktop applications (frontend and backend).
• Collaborate with AI engineers and cross-functional team members.
• Identify and tackle technical challenges, pushing beyond comfort zone.

Skills

5+ years

Typescript

Python

Rust/C++

Cloud infra

SQL/no-SQL

Independent work

Relocation to London

Job description

At Catapult, we're building personalised AI models that understand the complete context of your work across email, calendar, Slack, Notion, Google Docs, and more.

We're pushing the frontier of what's possible in AI with personalisation, memory, and deep context - to help you work better than you ever thought possible.

Learn more about Catapult here: https://www.catapult.xyz/join

The role

The founding senior engineer is in the ultimate cross-sectional position, and will be involved in solving tough algorithmic problems, managing the entire tech stack, and building products end-to-end.

This will include building highly performant desktop applications (both the frontend and backend), as well as doing work on algorithmic development, and working closely with others on the team, especially AI engineers.

The role the founding engineer plays is limited only by their ability and ambition. The successful candidate must be an especially fast learner and problem solver with the ability to recognise and solve (or learn to solve) almost any problem that may arise.

You’ll love this role if you enjoy…

• Identifying and solving very challenging technical and research-level problems
• Building products end-to-end (from algorithm development, experimentation, all the way to UI/UX)
• Learning and keeping abreast of current research and developments related to LLMs/NLP, vision, and more
• Helping identify and tackle any technical challenge that may emerge
• Pushing beyond your comfort zone and maximise your potential

Requirements and experience

• 5+ years of experience working on similar projects
• Strong programming skills, ideally in Typescript, Python, and/or Rust/C++.
• A strong track record of solving difficult problems in either an academic or industrial setting
• A strong track record displaying the ability to manage engineering workflows (e.g. building robust and scalable products, working with users requests, etc.) and ideally also managing scientific processes (e.g. forming and testing hypotheses)
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure providers and database technologies (e.g. SQL/no-SQL)
• Ability to self-organise and work independently
• Based in, or willing to relocate to London (we are open to sponsoring visas)

Nice to haves

• Experience working with NLP/LLMs or other AI/ML
• ML/statistics/mathematics background or experience
• Experience working on open-source projects, working on an interesting side project, or contributing to Stack Exchange (or similar)

What we offer

• Competitive salary and truly generous stock options
• Comprehensive Bupa Private Healthcare, and wellbeing allowances
• Tax efficient pension scheme with salary sacrifice
• All the equipment you need to perform at your very best
• We sponsor work visas so that you can come build with us in person in London
• Most importantly, helping shape the future of personalised AI!