At a Glance
- Tasks: Build innovative tools for mental health AI and collaborate with a passionate team.
- Company: Join Slingshot AI, creators of Ash, the first AI for mental health.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, free lunch, learning budget, and personal therapy coverage.
- Other info: Work in a supportive environment with opportunities for travel and growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in mental health while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: 1-2 years of software engineering experience and a passion for coding.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
About Slingshot AI
Slingshot AI is the team behind Ash, the first AI designed for mental health. Our mission is to make support more accessible and help people change their lives in the ways they want.
The Role
We're looking for early‑career engineers with strong building skills. As a member of our platform team, you will build tooling that enables our internal team and collaborators to build a foundation model for psychology and support Slingshot as an AI‑native company.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain platform tooling (e.g., devboxes, internal tooling dashboards).
- Enable the trust and safety team with required systems.
- Collaborate with leadership to design and implement company‑wide systems.
- Ship features to real users early and iterate.
Qualifications
- One or two years of professional software engineering experience.
- Demonstrated product or project that real users have used (side projects, open‑source, or commercial).
- Evidence of strong engineering ability (e.g., hackathon wins, high test scores, competition results).
- Passionate about coding, with a portfolio of repos, demos, or shipped work.
What We Offer
- A competitive compensation range of £60 K–£120 K.
- Travel between our New York City and London offices.
- Daily free lunch and coffee, generous learning budget, and coverage of personal therapy.
- Opportunity to join a tight‑knit team focused on changing the world.
Associate Member of Technical Staff, Platform Team employer: Ash by Slingshot AI
Slingshot AI is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that prioritises innovation and collaboration. With a strong focus on employee growth, team members benefit from generous learning budgets, daily free lunches, and the unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that impact mental health. Located in vibrant cities like New York and London, Slingshot AI fosters a supportive environment where early-career engineers can thrive and make a real difference.
