Founding AI Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-19
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Software Development
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, AI Reliability/ Performance Engineer
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.
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.
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.
What we’re looking for:- 5+ years’ experience within Applied AI / ML / MLOps
- Experience building eval frameworks
- Strong Python and production AI systems experience
- Experience with LLMs, Generative AI, prompt engineering or agentic workflows
- Startup mindset with a hands-on, product-focused approach
- Computer vision / video / VFX / rendering / graphics experience beneficial
- £100k - £150k base + equity
- Founding-level ownership
- 1 day a fortnight in London
- Greenfield AI engineering challenges
- Direct collaboration with founders
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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