Join cepter as a Founding AI Engineer to build the core semantic intelligence layer. You'll design knowledge graphs, implement retrieval agents, and create robust pipelines, enabling AI applications to access and understand high-quality data. This is a unique opportunity to architect systems from scratch, make strategic technical decisions, and define the future of a fast-growing AI startup.
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Founding AI Engineer at cepter
Are you a seasoned AI Engineer ready to build from the ground up? Join cepter as a Founding AI Engineer in London and architect the core semantic intelligence layer, designing knowledge graphs and retrieval agents. This is your chance to gain significant equity, define the future of a fast-growing AI startup, and work with an ambitious, high-energy team.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed + Equity
Company
cepter
Role overview
Software
High-value industry data and publications are essential for businesses, yet remain largely inaccessible to the AI tools companies use today. Cepter fixes that.
We give data providers and publishers an out-of-the-box platform to make their proprietary data compliantly usable by AI tools by structuring their content and providing control over access, pricing and billing. For end users, cepter plugs these trusted data sources directly into AI workflows, delivering source-grounded insights instead of generic answers based on broad web searches.
We’re starting with the energy sector - a highly regulated industry that depends on reliable, deterministic insights, with data fragmented across many specialized data providers.
cepter is founded by Kaspar (Oxford / BCG / Chief of Staff at Creandum-backed terralayr) and Duxi (ETH / IBM Machine Learning Engineer).
What you will do
- Build the foundational semantic intelligence layer for Cepter.
- Design and implement knowledge graphs and retrieval agents.
- Create robust pipelines to help AI applications understand and access quality data sources.
Who this is a fit for
- Possesses 3-5 years experience building production AI systems at big tech or fast-paced startups.
- Demonstrates strong ownership, identifying problems, proposing solutions, and driving execution.
- Exhibits high energy, a positive attitude, and thrives in an adaptable, fast-changing environment.
Why this role is remarkable
- Attain founding team status with sizeable equity ownership, building the company from the ground up.
- Architect and build the entire AI infrastructure from scratch, making strategic technical decisions with massive scope.
- Thrive in a highly ambitious, energetic culture, playing to win and assembling a championship-winning team.
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