You will lead the architectural development of agentic investigation tools for production data pipelines. By building systems that filter noise and produce grounded root cause analyses, you will solve complex engineering challenges and eliminate alert fatigue. This is a high-impact role requiring technical excellence in Python, Rust, and distributed systems.
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Founding Lead Engineer at Fast-growing AI automation startup
Are you ready to tackle engineering challenges that others deem impossible? Join a well-funded AI automation startup in London as a Founding Lead Engineer. You'll build agentic systems that investigate production alerts, filter noise, and produce evidence-based RCAs before teams are even paged. Working with a high-performance stack including Python, Rust, and ClickHouse, you will own the core architecture of a platform designed to revolutionize production reliability. If you have 5+ years of experience and a passion for distributed systems, this is your chance to shape the future of agentic workflows at the ground level.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£80k-£125k + Equity
Company
Confidential company
Role overview
About the company
Fast-growing AI automation startup
What you will do
- Architect and build the core alert, investigation, and root cause analysis pipeline using Python and multi-agentic orchestration.
- Design critical systems for alert ingestion, hypothesis orchestration, and investigation execution runtime.
- Partner with founders to set the technical bar and drive architecture decisions for observability and reliability.
Who this is a fit for
- Has 5+ years (ideally 10+) of professional experience shipping complex products at high velocity.
- Possesses strong backend foundations in distributed systems, data platforms, or observability tooling.
- Demonstrates high ownership and sharp product instincts with previous experience in early-stage startups.
Why this role is remarkable
- Opportunity to build core agentic systems from the ground up using a cutting-edge stack including Langraph and Rust.
- Join a well-funded early-stage team backed by top-tier VCs where you will have direct influence on product direction.
- High-ownership environment solving "impossible" engineering problems for high-scale production environments.
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