Founding Engineer | London | up to £120k
Location: Central London, hybrid
My client is a stealth voice-AI startup seeking a Founding Engineer to build technology that helps people through natural voice conversations.
This is a hands-on opportunity to work directly with the founders, own development from initial prototype through to production, and shape the product, architecture and engineering culture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and launch the company’s first voice-AI product.
- Develop conversational experiences using LLMs and speech technologies.
- Integrate speech-to-text, text-to-speech and real-time audio capabilities.
- Own development across backend services, user interfaces and infrastructure.
- Work closely with the founders to turn user needs into practical product features.
- Test and improve conversational quality, responsiveness and reliability.
- Gather user feedback and iterate, with a focus on accessibility for older adults.
Requirements:
- Strong hands-on software engineering experience.
- Experience building AI-powered applications using LLMs.
- Ability to own development from idea through to production.
- Confidence using AI coding tools to accelerate development.
- A resourceful approach to solving problems and working through ambiguity.
- Comfort working in an early-stage environment with evolving priorities.
- A strong interest in using voice technology to help older adults.
- Experience building voice agents or conversational AI systems.
- Experience with speech-to-text, text-to-speech, telephony or real-time audio.
- Familiarity with platforms such as LiveKit, Twilio, ElevenLabs or Deepgram.
- Full-stack development experience using Python, TypeScript or similar technologies.
- Cloud infrastructure and application deployment experience.
- Previous experience as a founding engineer or early startup hire.
- Experience developing accessible consumer or healthcare products.
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