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Founding Engineer
Salary: Equity
Company Description: AI infrastructure security startup
Job Description:
As a Founding Engineer you will build the next generation of AI security that learns and adapts to protect autonomous systems in critical environments like finance and healthcare. Youll define the control layer for real-time AI decisions shaping product vision and owning architecture. This is a unique opportunity to establish infrastructure for a new era of AI deployment.
Location: London UK
Why this role is remarkable:
Build the foundational security layer for autonomous AI agents operating in high-stakes industries
Join a pre-seed/seed stage company backed by experienced founders with deep domain expertise
Enjoy full autonomy over architecture tooling and technical standards shaping a new field
What you will do:
Design and implement production-grade backend systems primarily using Python and FastAPI
Define and build infrastructure for AI systems making real-time autonomous decisions
Contribute to frontend and infrastructure as needed demonstrating versatility across the stack
The ideal candidate:
Hands-on experience building robust production-grade backends with Python and FastAPI or similar
Strong understanding of common architectural patterns like caching queuing and load balancing
Possesses a founding engineer mindset comfortable with ambiguity shipping and iterating quickly
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