You will join as the first hire and technical co-founder, owning the product and technology architecture from day one. You will build LLM-powered financial analysis tools and agentic workflows that automate institutional-grade due diligence. This role is pivotal in transforming how capital markets handle transaction readiness and financial data integrity.
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Founding AI Engineer at VC-backed fintech AI startup
Are you a builder ready to transition into a Technical Co-Founder role? This VC-backed fintech startup in London is hiring its first employee to lead the development of AI-powered transaction readiness infrastructure. You will own the entire technical roadmap, building LLM agents that automate financial due diligence for capital markets. With 10-15% equity on the table and a validated product already in beta, this is a rare opportunity to shape a high-stakes AI platform from the ground up alongside a seasoned serial founder. If you have 5+ years of AI experience and a founder's mindset, this is your next move.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed + 10-15% Equity
Company
Confidential company
Role overview
About the company
VC-backed fintech AI startup
What you will do
- Architect and ship the core LLM-based financial model auditing engine and automated report generation infrastructure.
- Build and manage autonomous agents, data integrations, and scalable pipelines to enable continuous transaction readiness monitoring.
- Drive all technical decision-making, including build vs. buy choices and future engineering team hiring strategies.
Who this is a fit for
- Approximately 5 years of experience building and shipping AI products, specifically using LLMs and agent architectures.
- Deep technical comfort with fintech or capital markets data, including the ability to reason about financial model integrity.
- A 0-to-1 founder mindset with the resilience to thrive in an early-stage, pre-seed startup environment.
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Why this role is remarkable
- High-impact founding role with 10-15% equity, offering true co-founder status and influence over the company's technical DNA.
- Solving a massive, high-stakes problem in capital markets by automating the complex financial due diligence process for M&A and debt raises.
- Transition from a validated live beta with a growing customer waitlist into a scaling platform backed by a seasoned serial founder.
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