Founding AI Engineer
Job Description
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Founding AI Engineer - Applied AI/Computer Vision - London/Hybrid
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We're looking for a Founding AI Engineer to join an exciting pre-seed video/computer vision start-up building cutting-edge agentic workflows and AI-powered video tools used in large-scale media environments. With multiple deals signed, now is a terrific time to join.
\n This is a rare opportunity to become the first dedicated AI hire in a fast-moving revenue generating startup already running frontier AI models in production. You'll work directly with the founders, own AI engineering end-to-end, and have a major impact across product quality, infrastructure efficiency and technical direction.
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We're looking for a high calibre AI Engineer that will be a key hire where you'll make a significant contribution to the product, with high autonomy and working on the next generation of product.
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What we're looking for:
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- \n 5+ years' experience within Applied AI/ML/MLOps
- \n Strong Python and production AI systems experience
- \n Experience with LLMs, Generative AI, prompt engineering or agentic workflows
- \n Exposure to AI infrastructure, deployment, evals or optimisation
- \n Startup mindset with a hands-on, product-focused approach
- \n Computer vision/video/VFX/rendering/graphics experience beneficial
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What's on offer:
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- \n £100k - £140k base + equity
- \n Founding-level ownership
- \n 1 day a fortnight in London
- \n Greenfield AI engineering challenges
- \n Direct collaboration with founders
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If you enjoy building practical AI systems, moving quickly and solving real-world problems with modern AI tooling then we'd love to hear from you.
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Sound like your kind of challenge? Apply now for immediate consideration or for a chat.