Founding Engineer, NLP Systems & Infrastructure
About the Role
This is a first technical hire position at an early-stage deep-tech startup building graph-native infrastructure for narrative intelligence, serving media organisations, government actors, and corporations facing information-manipulation threats. You will take a research-grade prototype to production, own the full engineering architecture, and grow and lead the engineering team as the company scales.
What You'll Do
Design and own the production system architecture, covering orchestrated data and NLP pipelines, AI/ML integrations, CI/CD, observability, and both cloud and on-premises deployment.
Own the engineering roadmap, balancing speed, quality, and security across a fast-moving product cycle.
Build the first production slice entirely hands-on and validate infrastructure and security design decisions.
Hire and manage a high-performing engineering team shortly after joining, taking on full staff responsibility.
Set architecture direction, enforce engineering standards, and foster a positive team culture as the technical leader.
Iterate closely with the founding team and end users in a tight-knit on-site team.
