Founding Engineer | Early-Stage Start-Up | Physical AI | London

Job description

Founding Engineer | Early-Stage Start-Up | Physical AI | London

Founding Engineer required to join an early-stage AI start-up using AI to solve complex problems in the physical world.

This is an opportunity to join at the ground floor, working closely with the founders to build the core technology and help shape the product from day one. You’ll tackle challenging engineering problems at the intersection of software, AI, and the physical world, with significant ownership over what gets built and how.

You are:

• 5+ years of professional Software Engineering experience
• A strong backend engineer with excellent software engineering fundamentals
• Language agnostic and comfortable working across modern technologies
• Experienced building scalable, production-grade systems
• Experienced building with AI, or deeply passionate about the potential of AI
• Excited by high-ownership, fast-moving start-up environments

Bonus points:

• Previous early-stage start-up or founding engineering experience
• Experience using AI to solve real-world / physical-world problems

Why join:

• Become a Founding Engineer with significant ownership from day one
• Build AI technology tackling problems beyond purely digital workflows
• Work directly with the founders and influence product and technical direction
• Solve genuinely difficult software and AI engineering challenges
• Join a small, high-calibre team with meaningful equity and minimal bureaucracy

If you’re a strong Software Engineer who wants to build ambitious AI technology with tangible real-world impact, I’d love to hear from you.

Founding Engineer | Early-Stage Start-Up | Physical AI | London

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

29-09-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English