Mission Driven Software Engineer

Purpose driven Python, React, Typescript Software Engineer – Solving Humanity's Most Urgent ChallengesScroll down to find the complete details of the job offer, including experience required and associated duties and tasks.

London based

A pioneering early-stage investment firm is backing entrepreneurs solving humanity's most urgent challenges — from synthetic biology and clean energy to AI safety, healthcare, and space.

The team believes we're entering a new economic renaissance where technology and science can bend the arc of human progress toward a better future.

This is a rare opportunity to join a tiny, world-class engineering team building the internal and external tools that power a mission-driven venture fund and its portfolio of extraordinary founders.

The team works at the intersection of venture capital, science, and technology — using the latest advances in AI to identify, support, and accelerate the next generation of breakthrough companies.

The Opportunity

• Shape the future of impact investing: Build the data, product, and AI infrastructure that helps discover and support founders changing the world.
• Create and experiment fast: Work in two-week sprints across projects ranging from investor databases to AI-driven research scrapers and consumer-facing products.
• Operate like a founder: Each engineer owns their own product area, working with high autonomy and direct impact on the firm's success.
• Collaborate with visionary people: Partner with engineers and product leaders who have built at Google, Meta, and leading startups — all driven by purpose over prestige.
• Advance humanity through technology: Be part of a team that doesn't just invest in the future, but builds it — from internal automation to tools for founders tackling AI safety and bioscience.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and ship internal platforms that automate the venture process using AI and data.
• Develop products that help identify exceptional founders from academic and scientific communities.
• Support portfolio companies with infrastructure, hiring tools, and technical guidance.
• Prototype rapidly across multiple domains — expect to work on something new every few weeks.
• Push the boundaries of how a modern fund operates through creative engineering.

Tech Stack

Python, TypeScript, React, Next.js — with a deep embrace of AI tooling and automation. Curiosity about new technologies is essential.

Ideal Profile

• Startup DNA: Experience in fast-moving environments, ideally as a founding engineer or early stage employee.
• Technical excellence: A hands-on engineer with strong fundamentals — whether self-taught or academically trained (Computer Science or related field).
• Big Tech or deep tech experience a plus (Google, Meta, etc.)
• Mission alignment: Motivated by solving meaningful problems, not just shipping code.
• AI passion: Fascinated by AI tools, safety, and alignment — eager to explore both the promise and the risks.
• Collaborative and autonomous: Thrives in small teams with high trust and flexibility.

Culture

• The firm operates with Silicon Valley intensity and purpose. Work-life integration replaces rigid schedules — outcomes matter more than hours. Everyone contributes ideas, moves quickly, and takes ownership. The team meets regularly in person at a central London office and values curiosity, humility, and drive above all else.
• Every hire is unanimous — each team member interviews every candidate. The bar is high, but so is the potential for impact.

Compensation

Competitive salary (around £150,000) plus a share in the long-term success of the fund's investments — real ownership in the impact created.

Why Join

This is not just another engineering role. It's a chance to:

• Work on problems that genuinely matter.
• Collaborate with people building a Star-Trek-like future.
• Combine AI, venture, and purpose in one role.
• Build tools that help humanity move forward.

If you're a brilliant, curious engineer who wants to apply your skills to the biggest challenges of our time, this is the opportunity to do the most meaningful work of your career.