This is a unique opportunity to join a well-funded AI startup at a pivotal stage of growth. You'll become one of the earliest engineering hires, taking ownership of a cutting-edge AI platform and helping shape the future direction of both the product and engineering function as the business scales.
THE COMPANY
Our client is an early-stage AI business backed by significant investment and focused on helping enterprise organisations better understand customer behaviour through advanced AI technologies. With several large financial services organisations already engaged, the business is now moving from Proof of Concept into commercial deployment and is looking for an experienced engineer to help build and scale the platform.
THE ROLE
Own and scale a cutting-edge AI-powered platform used by enterprise customers
Build products around LLM and AI capabilities rather than developing the underlying models
Design and develop scalable backend systems and APIs
Work directly with founders and senior stakeholders on product direction and technical decisions
Take significant ownership of architecture, delivery and platform evolution
Help shape the future engineering function as the company grows
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Strong experience as a Product Software Engineer
Proven experience building and launching LLM-enabled products from 0-1
Strong backend engineering experience, ideally with Node.js and TypeScript
Experience building API-first products and scalable platforms
Comfortable operating in early-stage startup environments
High levels of ownership, autonomy and commercial awareness
React experience would be advantageous but is not essential
FinTech or Financial Services experience would be beneficial
SALARY AND BENEFITS
Up to £140,000 base salary
Equity package
Opportunity to be a key early engineering hire
Significant ownership and influence over product development
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