Founding AI Engineer | VC Backed HealthTech StartUp in Manchester

Founding AI Engineer – Hybrid/Remote (UK/EU ideal, US considered)

Competitive salary + meaningful equity & Potential opportunity for growth into CTO!

I’m working with an early-stage startup in the preventative health space that’s looking for its first dedicated AI engineer. This is a rare chance to join as a founding technical hire and shape the core intelligence behind a product designed to improve long-term health outcomes.

The Role

You’ll lead the design and build of the platform’s AI and data systems — from risk modelling to personalised recommendations — while also contributing across the app and backend. Expect a mix of hands-on engineering, rapid prototyping, and influencing early technical decisions.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Building the engine that turns user and biomarker data into meaningful insights.
• Working across the stack to improve the product experience (TypeScript/React-focused environment).
• Setting up evaluation frameworks, testing, and compliance-ready workflows.
• Establishing early AI standards and best practices.
• Helping shape the future team as the company scales.

Who Will Succeed Here

• Engineers who enjoy zero-to-one work and owning large pieces of the architecture.
• People who are curious, fast-learning, and enjoy shipping quickly.
• Comfortable moving between backend, AI models, and UI details.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical domains.

Tech Environment

TypeScript, React, Node.js, Supabase

LLMs, agents, evaluation systems, modern AI tooling

What Success Looks Like

• Delivering the first version of the recommendation engine in the early months.
• Shipping improvements across frontend and backend rapidly.
• Introducing reproducible, evaluation-ready workflows for future AI development.
• Becoming a key influence on engineering culture and technical direction.

If you’re excited about building meaningful AI systems from the ground up, I’d be keen to chat and share more.