VP of Engineering

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. Shape the engineering foundation for a frontier-AI product trusted by safety-critical engineers .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomLead💰 £150,000 - £200,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building and shipping production software with a strong focus on both frontend and backend development. Capable of leading technical teams, integrating AI models, and ensuring enterprise readiness while maintaining compliance with industry standards.

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10+ Years Building Production SoftwareStrong TypeScript and ReactBackend Language Proficiency (Python, Go, TypeScript/Node)Cloud Skills on AWS, GCP, or AzureExperience Hiring and Leading Engineers

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Hard Skills

Frontend DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentModel Integration LayerCI/CD ImplementationInference ServingArchitectural JudgementGPU InfrastructureContainers and Infrastructure as CodeLLM Features DeploymentCost/Latency Trade-offs

Soft Skills

Clear Written and Spoken EnglishComfort Working with Founders and ResearchersMentoring and Leadership

Tools & Technologies

TypeScriptReactPythonGoAWSGCPAzureContainersDeveloper ToolsCode Analysis Tooling

Certifications & Qualifications

SOC 2 ComplianceISO 27001 ComplianceFedRAMP Compliance

Industry Keywords

Safety-Critical EngineeringEnterprise ReadinessOn-Premises DeploymentPrivate-Cloud DeploymentRegulated Enterprises

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformNode.jsPythonReactRustTypeScriptC++Go

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape the engineering foundation for a frontier-AI product trusted by safety-critical engineers
Write a large share of the code personally in year one
Take technical leadership of the platform as the team grows
Own frontend, backend, data and infrastructure architecture, including build-vs-buy decisions
Ship quickly with product and early control and embedded engineering users
Build the model integration layer covering inference serving, prompt and context management, tool use, streaming, evaluation hooks and fallbacks
Ensure new model releases integrate without a rewrite
Build trust workflows for requirements-to-code traceability, diffing and review, test execution and audit trails
Establish CI/CD, observability, security, access control and cost control for GPU-backed workloads
Deliver enterprise readiness including SSO, data isolation and on-premises or private-cloud deployment
Hire, mentor and lead the first engineers and define how they work
Work directly with the founders and model research team
Serve as the link between frontier models and a product used by safety-critical engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years building and shipping production software
Real depth in both frontend and backend
Strong TypeScript and React (or an equivalent modern frontend)
At least one backend language: Python, Go or TypeScript/Node
Founding, lead or principal engineer experience on a product taken from early stage to paying customers
LLM features shipped to production, including model APIs or self-hosted inference, streaming, evaluation, and cost/latency trade-offs
Cloud skills on AWS, GCP or Azure
Experience with containers and infrastructure as code
Sound architectural judgement
Experience hiring and leading engineers, or a clear appetite to do so
Clear written and spoken English
Comfort working with founders, researchers and customers
Compliance exposure to SOC 2, ISO 27001 or FedRAMP is nice to have
Experience with developer tools, IDEs, code editors or code analysis tooling is nice to have
Experience serving custom or fine-tuned models and GPU infrastructure is nice to have
Rust or C/C++ is nice to have
Experience selling to and deploying in regulated or security-conscious enterprises is nice to have

Benefits

Comp & perks

0.5–1% equity
Meaningful CTO-level equity
Hybrid working from the London office
Full benefits package
Clear path to the CTO role as the company grows