Lead AI Infrastructure Engineer — Ownership & Impact

Jack & Jill/External ATS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-funded AI startup in London is seeking a Member of Technical Staff to enhance AI infrastructure for real-world products. You will lead technical workstreams, improve engineering quality, and influence system evolution within a high-trust team. The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering fundamentals and experience shipping user-facing software. This role offers competitive compensation and significant autonomy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience shipping user-facing software in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction or own system architecture.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and sound judgment on trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust backend infrastructure for live systems.
• Lead technical workstreams, shaping architecture and long-term decisions.
• Improve overall engineering quality, from testing to APIs and data models.

Skills

Software engineering fundamentals

Technical direction setting

User-facing software experience

Job description

A well-funded AI startup in London is seeking a Member of Technical Staff to enhance AI infrastructure for real-world products. You will lead technical workstreams, improve engineering quality, and influence system evolution within a high-trust team. The ideal candidate will have strong software engineering fundamentals and experience shipping user-facing software. This role offers competitive compensation and significant autonomy.