Founding Engineer

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants. Manchester (Hybrid) AI Product / Mobile / SaaS The Opportunity Were working with an early-stage, mission-led software business looking to hire aFounding Engineerto play a key role in the next evolution of their product. The business already has a live platform and strong market relevance the next phase is aboutrebuilding and improving the product for the AI era, with a particular focus onuser experience, intelligent workflows, and mobile-first product thinking. This is a rare opportunity to join at a genuinely influential stage, working directly with the founders to help shapewhat gets built, how it gets built, and where the product goes next. If youre the kind of engineer who enjoysowning product problems, building in ambiguity, and turning ideas into shipped features, this is a very interesting role. What Youll Be Doing Taking a hands-on role in the evolution of the core product and mobile experience Building and shipping features usingmodern AI tooling, includingLLMs, prompt engineering, and agent-based workflows Improving and shaping the user experience through better product thinking, architecture, and delivery Working closely with the founders to turn product ideas into scalable, high-quality software Identifying where AI can genuinely improve customer outcomes not just where it looks good on a roadmap Making practical decisions aroundarchitecture, integrations, tooling, and technical direction Helping establish the foundations for the future engineering roadmap and team What Were Looking For Stronghands-on software engineeringbackground Experience building and shippingreal productin startup, scale-up, or high-ownership environments Experience working oncustomer-facing applications, ideally with some exposure tomobile / app-led products Practical experience using AI in production, including areas like: LLMs prompt engineering AI-assisted workflows agent-based functionality Comfortable working across product, engineering, and technical problem-solving A strongbuilder mindset someone who enjoys getting things live, improving products, and solving meaningful user problems Comfortable in afast-moving, founder-led xehkeey environment Nice to Have Experience withconsumer products, engagement-led products, or behaviour-driven applications Exposure toopen banking, fintech, or data-led products Experience working as an early technical hire or in aFounding Engineer / first product engineertype role Interest in helping shape technical direction as the business grows Why Join Founding-level opportunity with genuine ownership Direct access to founders and product direction Opportunity to help shape anAI-native productin a meaningful way High-impact role where you can influence bothwhat gets built and how it gets built Hybrid working inManchester Equity opportunity as part of the package