Founding Software Engineer at Pre-seed airport operations AI startup

Job Title

Founding Software Engineer

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Pre‑seed airport operations AI startup backed by Entrepreneur First (EF).

As the first engineering hire, you will build the technical core of a real‑time orchestration platform for airport ground operations. You will design systems that reconcile noisy live signals into a canonical operational state, automating complex resource allocation and conflict resolution to prevent the cascading delays that cost the aviation industry billions annually.

London, UK

• Solve high‑stakes systems problems like real‑time state machines and dependency‑aware recomputation for live airport environments rather than building generic CRUD apps.
• Join a founding team with deep operational expertise from Formula 1, the FIA, and Lufthansa, backed by the EF Fall 2025 cohort.
• Gain massive employee #1 ownership, working directly with founders to move from architecture to implementation while seeing your code drive physical operations on the airport ramp.

• Design and implement real‑time data processing pipelines and conflict detection state machines using Type Script, Python, and Convex.
• Build deterministic allocation and assignment logic that continuously recomputes the best use of staff and equipment under volatile real‑world constraints.
• Develop causal graph orchestration systems to handle delay propagation and multi‑tenant operational logic across complex task windows.

• Has 2–3 years of experience in high‑growth startups building correctness‑sensitive backend systems, event‑driven architectures, or workflow engines.
• Demonstrates a strong grasp of algorithms and in variants, with the ability to own the full lifecycle of complex systems from architecture to production debugging.
• Is a prolific builder with a portfolio of side projects or open‑source contributions who thrives in ambiguous, founder‑level ownership environments.