Software Engineer

Intellect Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An early stage AI startup is seeking a Junior Full Stack Engineer in Manchester. The role offers a salary range of £40k to £60k, along with equity from the ground floor. You will be directly involved with seasoned technical founders, shipping production features quickly while contributing to exciting AI projects. Ideal candidates should be early career engineers with strong fundamentals, comfortable with Python and TypeScript, and enthusiastic about using LLM tools. This is an exceptional opportunity for rapid growth and responsibility.

Benefits

Meaningful equity

Direct learning from seasoned technical founders

Fast moving environment

Qualifications

• An early career engineer with less than two years of experience.
• Comfortable using LLM tools in their workflow.
• A first principles thinker who enjoys solving difficult problems.

Responsibilities

• Ship production features in your first week.
• Design backend systems for LLM driven workflows.
• Build and ship full stack features using Python, TypeScript, and React.

Skills

Strong Computer Science fundamentals

Experience with Python

Experience with TypeScript

Experience with React

Comfortable using LLM tools

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree from a strong university or equivalent

Job description

🚀 Software Engineer | £40k to £60k + Equity |

An early stage, well funded AI startup is transforming one of the most outdated and mission critical industries in the economy.

It is a £64B market still relying on manual checks, PDFs and spreadsheets.

The team is building AI native agentic systems that compress certification and audit timelines from months to days.

They are using modern workflows, LLM powered automation and strong engineering practices. After closing an oversubscribed pre seed round, they are now looking for a Junior Full Stack Engineer to join the founding team in Scotland.

Why this role stands out

This is not a typical junior position.

You will work directly with two experienced technical founders who have deployed enterprise AI systems across many industries.

You will

• ✨ Ship production features in your first week
• ✨ Make meaningful architectural decisions early
• ✨ Be involved in designing the company’s core AI systems
• ✨ Build for real customers with real world workflows
• ✨ Learn how to create AI systems from first principles rather than only wiring APIs together

If you enjoy being challenged and want rapid growth, responsibility and exposure, this role gives you exactly that from day one.

What you will work on

You will contribute across the stack, including :

• Building and shipping high velocity full stack features using Python, TypeScript and React
• Designing backend systems that integrate with LLM driven workflows and agentic pipelines
• Turning messy human knowledge into structured, self improving AI behaviours
• Working directly with early design partners to understand how they work and to ship solutions they will actually adopt
• Using LLM coding tools as genuine development partners for reasoning, scaffolding and accelerating your work

Everything you build will have a direct impact on the product and on customers.

Who they are looking for

• An early career engineer with less than two years of experience
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, ideally from a strong university or equivalent depth
• A first principles thinker who enjoys solving difficult problems and is not tied to a single language
• Someone already comfortable using LLM tools in their workflow
• A high output builder who enjoys fast paced startup environments
• Someone who values ownership, learning and working closely with technical founders

Tech stack

• Languages : Python, TypeScript
• Front end : React
• Cloud : AWS
• AI : LLM tools, agentic systems, workflow automation
• Approach : First principles, rapid iteration, strong fundamentals

What you will get

• £40k to £60k salary based on experience
• Meaningful equity from the ground floor
• A rare chance to learn directly from seasoned technical founders
• The opportunity to build real AI systems that solve real problems
• Responsibility and ownership far beyond a typical junior role
• A fast moving environment where you can grow faster than almost anywhere else