IT & Software

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

LinuxRecruit

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

As a Founding FDE, you will own end-to-end AI and automation problems, integrating AI into real-world workflows from day one. You’ll work directly with the founders and CTO to ship AI-enabled features across integrations and unstructured data, learning fast in a founder-led environment. Your work will move from problem framing to production, delivering immediate value to customers. This unique role combines ownership, hands-on coding, and cross-functional collaboration in a rapidly growing startup.

Pay / Benefits
  • equity with ownership
  • early-stage backing and credibility
  • opportunity to work directly with founders/CTO
  • ambitious, high-impact scope
Responsibilities
  • own problems end-to-end across AI, automation, integrations, unstructured data
  • build, deploy and observe AI-driven solutions in production
  • ship features that are used by real customers quickly
  • work closely with founders and the technical team to iterate from problem to product
  • drive reliability and practical applicability of AI in real-world workflows
  • navigate ambiguity and balance long days with meaningful ownership
Key requirements
  • polyglot engineering background with strong full-stack ability
  • experience building and shipping AI systems into production
  • genuine love for product and engineering
  • ownership
  • ambition
  • ability to work with ambiguity
  • full-stack development
  • production-grade AI systems
  • system integrations

Reference: WJ-747_31190485

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