Founding Engineer
hace 8 días
London
Founding Engineer – Early-Stage Deep Tech Startup Full-time | Onsite in London £180,000 + Substantial Equity An early-stage, stealth-mode startup is looking for a Founding Engineer to join the team in central London. This is a unique opportunity to help build a transformative new platform at the intersection of software systems, automation, and intelligent infrastructure. Founded by leading academics and proven entrepreneurs, the business is backed by top-tier investors and is solving complex technical problems that demand creativity, rigour, and ambition. The Role • Build and own core systems and architecture from the ground up, • Work closely with the founding team on product direction and technical strategy, • Make key decisions across the full stack — from infrastructure to user-facing elements, • Contribute to the early engineering culture, processes, and hiring Ideal Background • Experience building complex systems in a startup or high-growth tech environment, • Strong computer science fundamentals; comfortable working across multiple layers of the stack, • Demonstrated ability to operate in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, • Bonus: familiarity with compilers, distributed systems, systems design, or programming languages theory Offer • £180,000 base salary, • Significant equity in a high-potential startup, • London-based, full-time — onsite collaboration with a world-class founding team