Job Title
Lead Product Engineer
Salary
£140K – £250K + Equity
Company Description
a16z-ranked AI startup backed by Madrona, Lakestar, and Marc Benioff
Job Description
Join a high-growth startup that scaled from $1M to $30M ARR in just one year. As a Lead Product Engineer, you will own entire product areas without the bureaucracy of product managers. You'll build and ship production-grade AI systems that solve the world's biggest productivity problem: email.
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Ranked 7th in Andreessen Horowitz’s list of top AI apps, outperforming multi-billion dollar competitors in actual usage and spending.
- Exceptional compensation package of up to £500k total, offering the highest cash and equity levels currently available in the London market.
- Work in an elite technical team of only 12 engineers driving $30M ARR, moving toward a projected $100M ARR by the end of 2026.
What You Will Do
- Lead technical direction and product strategy for core features, translating ambiguous user needs into high-impact shipping decisions without PMs.
- Build and optimize production AI systems using fine-tuned open-source models, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and advanced tool‑use architectures.
- Own features end‑to‑end, from conducting qualitative user research to deploying scalable infrastructure that handles millions of automated email drafts.
The Ideal Candidate
- At least 5 years of experience shipping production software with deep expertise in Python or TypeScript and a history of extreme ownership.
- Proven ability to build and deploy modern AI/ML systems, including experience with embeddings, inference optimization, and large language models.
- A builder's mindset, likely demonstrated through founder experience, open-source contributions, or a track record of rapid career compression in high-growth startups.
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