Founding AI Engineer

Founding AI Engineer – Applied AI / Computer Vision - London / Hybrid

We’re looking for a Founding AI Engineer to join an exciting pre-seed video / computer vision start-up building cutting-edge agentic workflows and AI-powered video tools used in large-scale media environments. With multiple deals signed, now is a terrific time to join.

This is a rare opportunity to become the first dedicated AI hire in a fast-moving revenue generating startup already running frontier AI models in production. You’ll work directly with the founders, own AI engineering end-to-end, and have a major impact across product quality, infrastructure efficiency and technical direction.

We’re looking for a high calibre AI Engineer that will be a key hire where you’ll make a significant contribution to the product, with high autonomy and working on the next generation of product.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years’ experience within Applied AI / ML / MLOps
• Experience building eval frameworks
• Strong Python and production AI systems experience
• Experience with LLMs, Generative AI, prompt engineering or agentic workflows
• Startup mindset with a hands-on, product-focused approach
• Computer vision / video / VFX / rendering / graphics experience beneficial

What’s on offer:

• £100k - £150k base + equity
• Founding-level ownership
• 1 day a fortnight in London
• Greenfield AI engineering challenges
• Direct collaboration with founders

If you enjoy building practical AI systems, moving quickly and solving real-world problems with modern AI tooling then we’d love to hear from you.

Sound like your kind of challenge? Apply now for immediate consideration or for a chat

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