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Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | AI Start-Up | London
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer required to join a well-backed, early-stage AI start-up in London as Engineer #1. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs with multiple successful exits, the business already has strong commercial traction, significant recurring revenue, and an ambitious product roadmap. This is a rare opportunity to join at the earliest stage and play a defining role in shaping both the product and engineering function.
Working directly with customers and the founding team, you'll solve complex technical challenges, build AI-powered solutions, and turn customer problems into production-ready software.
You are:
- A strong Software Engineer with 1–5 years of commercial experience
- Language agnostic, with strong engineering fundamentals and experience using Python and/or TypeScript
- Comfortable working directly with customers to understand problems and deliver technical solutions
- An excellent communicator who enjoys collaborating across technical and non-technical teams
- Excited by high-ownership, fast-moving start-up environments
- Motivated by building products from first principles and making an immediate impact
Bonus points:
- Previous experience within an early-stage or venture-backed start-up
- Experience building AI-powered products or working with LLMs
Why join:
- Become Engineer #1 at a rapidly growing AI start-up
- Work alongside experienced founders with a proven track record of successful exits
- Join a well-funded business with strong revenue and a clear growth trajectory
- Meaningful equity and genuine ownership from day one
- Work directly with customers, influence product direction, and help build the engineering function from the ground up
If you're an ambitious engineer looking for the opportunity to combine software engineering, customer interaction, and company-building at an exceptional AI start-up, I'd love to hear from you.
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