Jack & Jill
Principal Software Engineer at innovative AI-driven creative media startup
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Principal Software Engineer at innovative AI-driven creative media startup
Principal Software Engineer
About the Role
Location: London, UK
Serve as the technical anchor for a high-impact creative production platform bridging the gap between engineering excellence and strategic architecture. Write core code, mentor senior engineers, and ensure the delivery of robust, scalable AI tools that revolutionize global visual media editing, localization, and distribution.
Avoids anonymized details out of respect for client confidentiality.
Why This Role Stands Out
- Innovation Leadership: Guide the technical direction of a groundbreaking platform at the intersection of generative AI and global media production.
- Elite Culture: Collaborate within a high-quality engineering team featuring industry veterans from major tech giants and top gaming studios.
- Impact & Influence: Shaping departmental standards and architectural decisions while staying hands-on with cutting-edge technologies in a well-supported, growth-stage environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Core Engineering & Leadership:
- Serve as the primary technical lead for core product offerings, balancing daily feature delivery with long-term architectural planning.
- Oversee the integration of sophisticated AI models into production-grade software in close partnership with science and product teams.
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- Technical Mentorship & Standards:
- Elevate team performance by mentoring and coaching senior engineers, consolidating technical standards, code quality, and deployment best practices.
Requirements & Qualifications
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Architectural & Product Experience:
- Proven track record of architecting and launching complex, scalable software products in fast-paced startups/scale-ups.
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Technical Depth:
- Deep proficiency in TypeScript & React, alongside strong backend development knowledge (e.g., object-oriented Python).
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Leadership & Execution:
- Ability to lead through influence, steering multi-disciplinary technical initiatives while maintaining a high individual coding output.
Company Context
Joining an AI-driven, innovative media startup pioneering the future of creative production tools.
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A few key notes:
- Open roles are always genuine—we never test candidates or post fake jobs.
- Occasionally, client confidentiality requires partial anonymization in job descriptions (e.g., salary). It’s a limitation, not a dealbreaker.
- This role is actively being recruited for from our talent pool; only eligible candidates are in contention.
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