Oliver Bernard
Founding Engineer
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Founding Engineer | London, Office-First | Competitive Salary + Founding Equity
An early-stage AI company is building a technology platform for safety-critical industries including inspection, compliance, facilities, and field services.
The business acquires established operators, embeds directly into their workflows, and replaces fragmented systems and manual processes with software and AI.
You would join as technical hire #2, working directly with the CTO to build the core platform, shape the architecture, and establish the engineering function. Everything shipped goes directly into live operational environments, with a clear impact on efficiency, revenue, and margin.
The role
You will own problems from discovery through to production, building both the core platform and the systems deployed across acquired businesses.
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Responsibilities
- Design and build the core AI and software platform
- Ship production systems across document workflows, scheduling, communications, and operations
- Build AI agents, computer vision systems, data products, and hardware integrations where relevant
- Work directly with acquired businesses to identify and solve high-value operational problems
- Make early architecture, infrastructure, and tooling decisions
- Help hire and shape the engineering team as the company grows
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals across backend, frontend, or infrastructure
- Experience owning and shipping production systems end-to-end
- Comfortable working across an evolving stack and solving unfamiliar problems
- Strong product judgement and ability to work with non-technical stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in an early-stage environment with limited structure
- Willing to travel across the UK during transformation phases
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Nice to have
- Production experience with LLMs, agents, computer vision, or applied ML
- GCP or broader cloud infrastructure experience
- Previous startup, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering experience
- Experience modernising legacy systems
Location
London, office-first, typically four days per week. Travel to acquired businesses across the UK for two to three days per week during active transformation projects.
Package
Competitive base salary, founding equity, and AI uplift bonuses linked to platform growth.
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