Founding Engineer
ByteSearch
Greater London, UK
21 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Artificial Intelligence
Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems
Distributed Systems
Systems Integration
Real Time Systems
Large Language Models
Backend
Stream Processing
Data Pipelines
Job description
You’ll be responsible for architecting and building the core system that powers the product, working directly with the founders and shaping both the technical direction and product itself.
If you’re someone who enjoys high ownership, fast pace, and building from scratch, this is one of those rare roles where you can have a genuine impact.
What you’ll be doing:
- Designing and building the core backend systems powering AI-driven workflows
- Owning architecture across APIs, data pipelines and distributed systems
- Working on LLM orchestration and retrieval systems in production
- Integrating with external platforms and third-party systems
- Contributing across the stack where needed
Requirements
- Experience building and shipping AI / LLM-powered systems
- Solid understanding of scalable system design and distributed architectures
- Experience with data pipelines, retrieval systems or similar
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, early-stage environment
- Ability to take full ownership from idea to production
Nice to have:
- Experience with real-time systems or communication platforms
- Exposure to voice, messaging or streaming systems
- Previous startup or founding engineer experience
- Early-stage, high-growth environment
- Direct impact on product and technical direction
- Large, complex market with significant upside
- Strong ownership and autonomy from day one
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