Founding Engineer | £100m Funding - No VC Money

🚀 Founding Engineer | £100m Bootstrapped Funding

We’re partnered with an ambitious AI startup building the intelligence layer that can autonomously run small businesses

Working alongside a highly successful technical founder (previous $300m bootstrapped exit), they are assembling a world-class founding team to build something entirely new

💰 Up to £150k + Up to 1% equity

🏗️ True founding engineer scope

⚡ Fast-moving, high-impact environment

The Role:

This is a hands-on founding engineer position where you will be shipping fast, shaping architecture, and embedding cutting-edge AI directly into the product

You will be building systems that enable thousands of businesses to operate autonomously

What you’ll do:

⚙️ Build and ship step-changing product features end-to-end

⚙️ Integrate advanced AI capabilities including voice, reasoning, and context management

⚙️ Design and own scalable APIs connecting products and intelligence systems

⚙️ Architect data pipelines that power decision-making and agent context

⚙️ Build backend systems for knowledge extraction, enrichment, and automation

⚙️ Contribute to DevOps practices across CI/CD, infrastructure, and observability

What we’re looking for:

👩 💻 Deep full-stack JavaScript or strong backend Python expertise

🔥 High agency mindset with end-to-end ownership

🎯 Strong track record of shipping production-ready features quickly

🤖 AI fluency and ability to leverage tools for speed and efficiency

🏆 High standards with a focus on quality and outcomes

Why join:

📈 Meaningful equity with real value

💸 High salary without compromising stability

🛠️ Best-in-class tools, hardware, and setup

🏆 Proven founding team with a $300m exit track record

💰 Significant internal funding with no external pressure

If you want to build at the frontier of AI and be part of a founding team creating something category-defining, let’s connect