As the second engineer, you will build a real-time AI copilot that understands gaming state through visual and voice interfaces. You will solve high-stakes challenges in low-latency voice interaction, multimodal computer vision, and knowledge retrieval to provide gamers with expert-level assistance without breaking their immersion or flow.
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Software Engineer at early-stage gaming AI startup
Are you a gamer and an engineer? This early-stage London startup is building a real-time AI copilot that watches your screen and talks to you like a pro-player. As the second engineer, you'll tackle massive challenges in low-latency voice, computer vision, and real-time knowledge retrieval. If you want to define the future of how players interact with games using cutting-edge AI orchestration, this founding-level role is for you.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£100k-£130k + Equity
Company
Confidential company
Role overview
About the company
Early-stage gaming AI startup
What you will do
- Develop real-time voice and visual understanding systems that react instantly to live gameplay state.
- Orchestrate complex LLM pipelines using multi-step reasoning and function calling to provide deep game strategy.
- Build and scale a sophisticated knowledge engine that models complex game mechanics and item relationships.
Who this is a fit for
- Expert in TypeScript and full-stack development with a proven track record of shipping production-grade Node and React systems.
- Deeply experienced in building with LLMs, moving beyond simple API calls to complex orchestration and prompt engineering.
- Passionate gamer with domain expertise in complex titles who understands the specific needs of players during live sessions.
Why this role is remarkable
- Shape the foundation of a product that creates a brand-new category in the intersection of AI and interactive entertainment.
- Join a fast-moving, early-stage team where your architectural decisions directly define the engineering culture and product roadmap.
- Work on cutting-edge technical problems including sub-millisecond RAG, real-time WebRTC voice pipelines, and advanced computer vision.
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