Tenth Revolution Group
Founding Engineer
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Founding Engineer / Hands-On CTO - London - £200,000 + Benefits
We're partnering with one of the most exciting AI companies in the market. Having recently secured significant Series C funding, they're entering a critical phase of growth and are looking for a Founding Engineer / Hands-On CTO to help shape the next stage of their journey.
This is not a traditional leadership role.
We're looking for a builder. Someone who thrives in ambiguity, loves creating products from the ground up, and can balance deep technical excellence with business influence. You'll sit at the heart of the organisation, working alongside executives, customers, engineers, product leaders, and GTM teams to define what's next.
The Role
As a key technical leader, you'll lead and mentor a team of four Staff Engineers while remaining close to architecture, engineering decisions, and product development.
- You'll be the technical voice both internally and externally, influencing strategic direction, engaging directly with customers, and helping translate complex business challenges into innovative AI-powered solutions.
- This role offers an exceptional level of visibility and impact, with exposure to more than 100 stakeholders across Engineering, Product, Design, AI, Commercial, and Executive Leadership teams.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and developing a high-performing team of Staff Engineers
- Shaping technical strategy, architecture, and engineering best practice
- Remaining hands-on with design, development, and critical technical decisions
- Partnering closely with Product, Design, and AI teams to accelerate innovation
- Working directly with customers to understand challenges and influence product direction
- Driving collaboration across a broad stakeholder landscape of 100+ internal partners
- Influencing go-to-market strategy and helping align technology with commercial objectives
- Identifying opportunities for new products, capabilities, and market expansion
- Championing engineering excellence, scalability, reliability, and performance
- Acting as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology and product strategy
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience as a Founding Engineer, CTO, VP Engineering, Principal Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, or similar senior technical leadership role
- Strong software engineering background with a passion for building products from scratch
- Expert hands-on development experience using Rust, Golang, C++ or a JVM based language.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern software engineering practices
- Experience scaling products and engineering functions within high-growth technology businesses
- Ability to move seamlessly between coding, architecture, customer engagement, and executive-level strategy
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Commercial awareness and the ability to influence product and GTM decisions
- Experience working in AI, machine learning, data-intensive, or highly technical environments is highly desirable
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Why Join?
- Opportunity to shape a category-defining AI company at a pivotal stage of growth
- Significant influence over product, technology, and business strategy
- Work directly with founders, executive leadership, and key customers
- Build alongside some of the industry's strongest engineering talent
- Competitive compensation package including meaningful equity
- The chance to leave a lasting imprint on a rapidly scaling business
For more information, send your CV to P.bower@tenthrevolution.com
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