Founding AI Research Engineer at early-stage AI startup

The founding AI research engineer will shape the scientific and research AI direction, working end-to-end from inception to product. This involves identifying and solving challenging problems related to retrieval, knowledge-base systems, and reasoning models. The role requires both strong scientific abilities and the capacity to build and ship production systems rapidly, contributing significantly to a fast-moving AI platform.

early-stage AI startup

• Identify and solve challenging technical and research-level AI problems.
• Build and ship production-ready ML systems from hypothesis to user-facing application.
• Drive research and development in retrieval, knowledge-base, and reasoning models.

• Elite PhD credentials (e.g., Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Stanford) in ML/AI or related fields.
• Proven ability to ship and scale production ML systems, beyond just research frameworks.
• Strong in-person availability in London, thriving in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.

• Be instrumental in shaping the scientific and research AI direction, building products end-to-end.
• Well-funded early-stage AI startup backed by top-tier VCs.
• Opportunity to drive AI innovation from research to user-facing applications at scale.