Dex
Founding Engineer (up to £110k)
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About the Role
This role is with one of Dex's trusted partner companies. We work closely with their teams to truly understand their culture, goals, and what they're looking for, so we can match you with the right opportunity and give you context about the role before you commit to a process.
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Dex Overview
Dex is an AI recruiter agent that helps you run your job search. Tell Dex your stack, seniority, and what you want to build. We will manage your applications and surface other opportunities that are a fit.
The Role
A profitable, bootstrapped platform founded in 2024 has tripled revenue in recent months, serving hundreds of thousands of end users through its creator tools. They give content creators the building blocks to launch their own branded membership products, from content hosting and payments to growth tools and AI features tailored to their vertical.
This is the first engineering hire, working directly with the technical co-founder to lead the agentic and AI-powered side of the platform. You'll own features end-to-end, from concept to shipping, often within a day, directly impacting hundreds of thousands of users. This isn't a ticket-taker role on a large team; it's a rare seat to build a new "creator operating system" with high autonomy and immediate impact.
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The Work
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of agentic and AI-powered features, owning them end-to-end.
- Engage directly with creators to understand needs, then rapidly prototype and ship solutions to a platform serving 400,000+ users.
- Drive the technical direction and implementation of a new "creator operating system" using modern AI tools.
- Operate across the full stack (Next.js, Node, Postgres, Stripe, AWS), ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
What You Bring
- 3+ years of engineering experience at a product-driven company, with a track record of shipping agentic or AI-powered features in production.
- Fluency across the full stack: Next.js, Node, Postgres, Stripe, AWS.
- A builder's mindset: you take vague briefs, define the problem, and ship solutions, holding your own in product conversations.
- Daily leverage from AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.
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Why Apply Through Dex
Founding Engineer roles at profitable, high-growth companies are rare and often not publicly advertised. Dex helps you cut through the noise, get properly briefed on the opportunity, and apply directly to roles like this without the usual cold-application hassle.
If you're interested, sign up to Dex to apply - https://jobs.meetdex.ai/jobs/d310109e-a89a-498d-b128-19ba1437ea58
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