Founding Product Engineer | Applied AI | Early-Stage Start-Up | London
Founding Product Engineer required to join a mission-driven Applied AI startup in London. An exceptional opportunity for a Founding Product Engineer to help build a purpose-led Applied AI company from the ground up. This early-stage London-based start-up is using cutting-edge AI to solve real-world, high-impact problems, combining technical innovation with meaningful social outcomes.
This is a role for a builder who wants to work at the intersection of product, AI, and impact. Someone who can move from idea to production quickly, while shaping the technical foundations of a company designed to scale responsibly.
You Are:
- A product-minded full-stack engineer who thinks beyond code and cares deeply about user outcomes
- Comfortable operating at 0→1 and energised by ambiguity
- Experienced in shipping production-ready products end-to-end
- Strong in modern frontend frameworks (e.g. React / Next.js or similar)
- Confident building scalable backend systems (e.g. Node, Python, or similar)
- Highly autonomous, proactive, and excited by genuine ownership
Bonus Points if You've
- You've founded or co-founded an AI start-up
- You've built and shipped product yourself
- Previously operated as a founding engineer or engineer in an early-stage start-up
Why Join
- Competitive salary + meaningful equity
- True ownership over product and technical direction
- Direct collaboration with founders on product strategy and roadmap
- Opportunity to work directly with users: gathering feedback, iterating rapidly, and seeing impact first-hand
- High-trust, low-bureaucracy environment
Founding Product Engineer | Applied AI | Early-Stage Start-Up | London
