3225 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Founding Engineer
£100,000 - 100,000
Bloc Recruitment
Fleet Street 175, Fleet Street
£100,000 - 100,000
Requirements
Must:
- 5-10 years in full-stack engineering (backend-leaning)
- Proven track record building and shipping AI products end-to-end — especially agentic systems
- Experience in early-stage startups or possess a founder-level ownership mindset
- Strong Python or TypeScript skills (async Python is essential)
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and modern AI tooling
- Deep understanding of async/await, coroutines, httpx, AsyncOpenAI, and production-grade error handling in async systems
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, serverless, distributed systems)
- Ability to move fast and take ownership
- Comfortable with ambiguity and building from first principles
- Passionate about shipping real products — not just prototypes
Responsibilities
- Build and ship core product features across a modern stack (Python, TypeScript, cloud, event-driven systems)
- Own problems end-to-end from customer discovery through to production deployment
- Work directly with users to turn messy, real-world workflows into elegant AI-powered solutions
- Balance speed vs scalability, knowing when to prototype and when to harden systems
- Set the standard for engineering excellence across reliability, testing, and security
Description
We are a top VC backed Series A startup based in London, focused on building AI voice agents that transform how trades businesses operate. As a founding engineer, you will not just ship features; youll shape the product, define the architecture, and play a key role in how AI interacts with real-world customers daily. This role offers high ownership, direct customer impact, and the chance to build something foundational from the ground up, a hallmark of early-stage AI startups. We provide a competitive salary package and equity.
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