Company Overview:
- Elios is building AI receptionists for home services, targeting sectors like plumbing and facility management.
- The company is small, with 14 people, including 6 in engineering, 2 in sales, and 6 in customer operations.
Role Requirements:
- Looking for builders at heart with experience in Python and some familiarity with LLMs.
- Nice to have: customer experience or previous founder experience, preferably in startups.
Technical Stack
- Mainly Python (FastAPI, Postgres), hosted on GCP with Kubernetes; front end uses TypeScript and Next.js.
- Utilizes OpenAI and Gemini for LLMs, Deepgram for speech-to-text, and 11 Labs for text-to-speech.
Company Context
- Recently closed a $13 million Series A, with YC and Blackbird as investors.
- Operating in a five-day workweek model from the office located in Old Street, London.
Compensation and Logistics:
- Open to visa sponsorship and expects candidates to work five days a week in the office.
Timeline and Urgency
- Aiming to hire as soon as possible, with the expectation of a March start date due to notice periods in the UK.
- Role is a high priority, being the last founding engineer position to fill.
Interview Process
- Four stages: initial chat, technical assessment (with take-home and on-site components), cultural interview, and team meet.
- Emphasizes practical, product-building exercises over traditional coding tests.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Preferably with 5-10 years of experience, ideally in startup environments or with diverse backgrounds.
- Background in finance or customer-facing roles is a plus; flexibility in technical degree requirements.
Pain Points
- Previous recruitment efforts with agencies and AI platforms have not met expectations.
- Struggles with finding candidates who can commit to five days in the office.
Cultural Fit
- Looking for candidates not optimizing for work-life balance; must be comfortable with an office-centric work culture.
Role requirements:
Seniority
- 5 - 10 years of experience in full- stack software engineering (backend- leaning) and AI product development
Work experience:
- Building and shipping AI products end- to- end. Meaningful, hands- on experience with agentic systems, not just general ML or data science backgrounds.
- Early- stage startup experience (Series A or earlier)
- Experience with voice AI, event- driven systems, or CRM integrations & having worked with customers.
Hard skills
- Full Stack Proficiency in Python or TypeScript. Must have Strong async Python. Candidates need real hands- on experience with async coroutines, httpx, AsyncOpenAI, and production- grade error handling in async contexts.
- Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, serverless, distributed systems).
Soft skills
- Can scope and deliver solutions directly with non- technical customers.
Miscellaneous
- Able to work 5 days/week in person in London, UK.
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