Join a high-growth startup that scaled from £0 to £2.5M ARR in just six months. As our third founding engineer, you will work directly with experienced founders to build the first AI lesson generation tool teachers actually love. You will own features end-to-end, shaping the technical infrastructure for over 200,000 global users.
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Founding Engineer at Chalkie AI - Fast-growing EdTech startup
Join Chalkie AI, one of Europe's fastest-growing EdTech startups, as a Founding Engineer. Having exploded from zero to £2.5M ARR in just six months, Chalkie is already helping 200,000+ teachers reclaim their time through AI-driven lesson planning. As the third engineer on the team, you will work directly with YC-alumni founders to scale a platform already used by 20,000 people weekly. If you are a product-obsessed full-stack developer who loves the 0-to-1 journey and wants to radically impact global education, this is your chance to own a venture-backed tech stack from day one.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Chalkie
Education
Chalkie AI - Triple Point Ventures backed EdTech startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Lead full-stack development using NextJS and Laravel to ship production-ready features for 20,000+ weekly active users.
- Architect and scale technical infrastructure on GCP and Digital Ocean to support millions of future students and teachers.
- Collaborate daily with the CEO, CTO, and CPO to ideate, problem-solve, and execute the core product vision.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Proven experience building products from 0-to-1 as a former founder or early-stage startup engineer.
- Strong full-stack proficiency in PHP/Laravel and React/NextJS with a passion for AI-first development workflows.
- Product-minded engineer who prioritizes user experience and rapid shipping over perfect code abstraction.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Massive traction with £2.5M ARR and 200k+ users achieved in under six months with a lean, elite team.
- Direct impact on global education by building tools that save teachers hours of planning time every week.
- High-autonomy founding role with significant equity and the ability to define the engineering culture from day one.
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