Founding Engineer

📋 Description Ship a feature end to end: Node/TypeScript API, React frontend, tests. Pair with the CTO on how engineers think about columns and data models. Improve extraction or retrieval quality in the Python ML/RAG workers. Sit in on a design-partner call and watch engineers use your work. Make pragmatic calls on tech debt: what to fix now and why. Work on the full stack in a small polyglot team. 🎯 Requirements 5+ years shipping and owning production systems. Backend experience with Node.js/TypeScript or Python in production. Distributed systems fundamentals: async queues, event-driven workflows. Ability to keep things simple under pressure and judge shortcuts. Genuine product sense; user-first thinking. Clear communication across technical and non-technical teams. 🎁 Benefits Early-team equity. Hybrid London role (3 days in office). Opportunity to ship full stack end-to-end. Work directly with founders. Equal Employment Opportunity and inclusive culture. Autonomy and ownership of features.