Founding AI Engineer - Video

Softweb Resourcing
Soho, London, United Kingdom
Today
£100,000 – £140,000 pa

Salary

£100,000 – £140,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Posted
1 Jul 2026 (Today)

Benefits

Equity Founding-level ownership 1 day a week in London (hybrid working)

Founding AI Engineer – Applied AI / Computer Vision - London / Hybrid

We’re looking for a Founding AI Engineer to join an exciting early-stage Computer Vision AI company building cutting-edge agentic workflows and AI-powered video tools used in large-scale media environments. With multiple deals signed, now is a terrific time to join!

This is a rare opportunity to become the first dedicated AI hire in a fast-moving revenue generating pre-seed startup already running frontier AI models in production. You’ll work directly with the founders, own AI engineering end-to-end, and have a major impact across product quality, infrastructure efficiency and technical direction.

We’re looking for a high calibre AI Engineer that will be a key hire where you’ll make a significant contribution to the product, bringing down token usage and working with the latest AI models.

What we’re looking for:

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5+ years’ experience within Applied AI / ML / MLOps

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Strong Python and production AI systems experience

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Experience with LLMs, Generative AI, prompt engineering or agentic workflows

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Exposure to AI infrastructure, deployment, evals or optimisation

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Startup mindset with a hands-on, product-focused approach

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Computer vision / video / VFX / rendering experience beneficial

What’s on offer:

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£100k - £140k base + equity

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Founding-level ownership

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1 day a week in London

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Greenfield AI engineering challenges

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Direct collaboration with founders

If you enjoy building practical AI systems, moving quickly, and solving real-world problems with modern AI tooling, we’d love to hear from you.

Sound like your kind of challenge? Apply now for immediate consideration or for a chat

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