As the first Principal Engineer, you will own the architectural evolution of a platform automating complex legal workflows for global VC funds. You'll orchestrate multi-model LLM pipelines, build document-processing engines for sensitive investment data, and drive technical standards. This is a hands-on founding role designed for engineers who thrive on shipping production-ready AI solutions.
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Principal Engineer at Perry
Are you ready to redefine how venture capital operates? This high-velocity Legal AI startup is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect a platform that cuts legal busywork by 10x for the world's top investment funds. You'll lead the charge in orchestrating multi-model LLM pipelines and building secure document-processing engines that influence real deal outcomes. With 0.5-1.0% equity and a culture that prioritizes shipping over talking, this is a rare opportunity to join a well-funded founding team and own core systems from day one. If you have 8+ years of full-stack experience and a bias for action, help us build the category-defining platform for VC legal teams.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
$50k-$80k + Equity
Company
Perry
Role overview
Perry is an AI-native legal operating system for VC and PE funds that turns unstructured deal documents into structured, decision-ready insights across companies, rounds, and funds. It replaces manual PDF review with a live investment dashboard, accelerates deals, ensures compliance, and provides capabilities like contract review, compliance monitoring, collaboration hub, smart document review, with enterprise-grade security including GDPR & ISO compliance, end-to-end encryption, access control, and regional data hosting.[5]
What you will do
- AI Orchestration: Design and deploy production-grade LLM workflows for document analysis, risk flagging, and automated redlining of legal files.
- End-to-End Ownership: Ship full-stack features using TypeScript, Node.js, and React, moving from architectural design to production code within a single day.
- Secure Scaling: Build robust document plumbing and email ingestion pipelines capable of handling highly sensitive data with enterprise-grade security and observability.
Who this is a fit for
- Technical Mastery: At least 8 years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
- Production AI Experience: Proven track record of integrating LLMs into real-world products, managing context, costs, and model performance tradeoffs.
- Principal Maturity: Experience setting technical standards and making high-level architectural calls while remaining 100% hands-on and obsessed with shipping quality code.
Why this role is remarkable
- Direct Market Impact: Build software used by leading global funds to process thousands of real investment documents and influence high-stakes deal outcomes.
- Founding Influence: Join as a true founding team member with significant equity (0.5% – 1.0%) and zero bureaucracy in a high-trust, shipping-focused culture.
- Cutting-Edge Stack: Architect sophisticated Agentic AI pipelines using OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini to automate the manual work that currently slows down venture capital.
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