At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape the future of AI systems and scale innovative platforms.
- Company: Exciting early-stage AI start-up with a focus on operational excellence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, remote-first culture, and high ownership opportunities.
- Other info: Pathway to broader engineering leadership as the company grows.
- Why this job: Join a fast-paced environment and tackle complex engineering challenges.
- Qualifications: Experience in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and product-focused engineering.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 120000 £ per year.
We're partnered with an early-stage AI business building large-scale operational AI systems designed to automate highly complex enterprise workflows. This is not another 'AI wrapper' business. The company is developing a sophisticated AI-native platform focused around autonomous workflows, reasoning systems, orchestration, and large-scale document/case processing within highly regulated environments. They're already live with enterprise customers and are now entering a major scaling phase as both platform demand and customer onboarding accelerate.
The Opportunity
This role sits directly alongside the engineering leadership team and will play a critical role in scaling the platform from early traction into enterprise-grade infrastructure. The environment is heavily product-focused and highly autonomous, with engineers operating very close to both customers and operational workflows.
The business is looking for someone capable of:
- Scaling distributed backend systems
- Designing cloud/platform architecture
- Improving orchestration and workflow systems
- Supporting aggressive platform growth
- Helping evolve engineering standards and technical direction
- Remaining hands-on whilst operating at Principal level
Longer-term, there is a genuine pathway into broader engineering leadership as the company scales.
Tech Environment
Current environment includes:
- TypeScript backend engineering
- Node.js
- React / TypeScript frontend
- AWS infrastructure
- Postgres
- Distributed systems
- Queue/event-driven architectures
- LLM integrations
- AI workflow orchestration
- Claude / OpenAI / Anthropic tooling
The business makes heavy use of AI-assisted engineering workflows internally and operates in a very modern product engineering environment.
What They're Looking For
Strong preference for engineers who have:
- Built distributed systems within start-ups or scale-ups
- Strong backend/platform engineering experience
- Experience scaling products and infrastructure
- Cloud architecture experience (AWS ideally)
- Worked within AI-native, ML-heavy, or LLM-focused environments
- Strong systems design capabilities
- Product-focused engineering mindset
- Comfortable operating autonomously in fast-moving environments
This role is probably best suited to someone who still enjoys solving difficult engineering problems hands-on whilst also influencing technical direction at a wider level.
Package
£110,000-£120,000+ Remote-first across the UK High ownership/autonomy Small, highly capable engineering team Fast-moving start-up environment Significant technical influence internally
If you enjoy solving genuinely difficult systems and scalability challenges within AI-native environments, this is a very strong opportunity to build something meaningful from an early stage.
Principal Engineer in West Bromwich employer: Corecom Consulting
Join an innovative early-stage AI start-up that is redefining operational workflows with cutting-edge technology. As a Principal Engineer, you'll thrive in a remote-first environment that champions autonomy and ownership, working alongside a small, talented team to shape the future of AI systems. With significant opportunities for personal and professional growth, this role offers a unique chance to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a dynamic and supportive work culture.
