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Founding Engineer | Britain's Biggest Bootstrap (£100M)
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Founding Engineer | London | Up to £150k + Up to 1% Equity
A rare opportunity to join a stealth AI company from day one 🚀
Founded by a 3rd time founder (3 successful exits) who sold their last company for $300M without raising VC funding, they’re now investing £100M of their own capital to build something significantly bigger!
This is not a typical engineering role - as one of the first hires, you’ll help shape the technology, product, culture and direction of the company.
You’ll be working alongside a world-class team of engineers, operators, Ex-CTO's and Ex-founders from backgrounds including Entrepreneur First, Y Combinator and other leading startup environments.
They’re looking for ambitious builders who thrive in ambiguity, solve hard problems and want to create a category-defining company from the ground up.
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What they're looking for
- 🎓 Outstanding academic background
- 🚀 Experience building at high-growth AI startups
- 🛠️ Strong engineering foundations in Python and/or TypeScript
- 🤌 Genuine passion for AI and its ability to transform how businesses operate
- 🤵 Founder mentality with a desire to take ownership beyond code
Requirements
- ⚙️ Deep expertise in either full-stack JavaScript or backend Python
- ⚙️ High agency with the ability to take ownership and drive projects end-to-end
- ⚙️ Strong ownership mindset with a genuine commitment to customer outcomes
- ⚙️ Proven track record of shipping high-quality products and features at pace
- ⚙️ AI-native and highly effective at leveraging AI tools to maximise output
- ⚙️ Exceptional track record of achievement with evidence of excellence in academics, engineering, startups, sport, or other competitive environments
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Package
- 💰 Up to £150,000 base salary
- 📈 Up to 1% founding equity
- 🚀 The opportunity to build alongside the UK's most successful bootstrapped founder
- 🏗️ A true ground-floor role with influence across product, technology and company building
For engineers who have always wanted to build a generational company rather than simply work for one, opportunities like this don't come around often - don't miss out!
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