As a Studio Founding Engineer, you will build new ventures from scratch, setting the technical direction and integrating AI-first capabilities from day one. Working across multiple studio businesses, you’ll turn ambiguous ideas into product MVPs within six months, while providing technical mentorship to accelerator founders and building shared internal AI infrastructure.
Studio Founding Engineer at Founders Factory Ltd
Founders Factory Ltd is looking for a Studio Founding Engineer in London to build the next generation of AI-first startups. In this unique role, you’ll work across multiple ventures, turning ambitious ideas into product MVPs in just six months with the support of a $1bn+ backed ecosystem and corporate partners like HSBC. If you are a former technical founder or a high-level engineer who loves building from scratch and moving between deep execution and high-level strategy, this is the ultimate platform to scale your impact across dozens of companies.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Founders Factory Ltd
Role overview
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Founders Factory is a venture builder, early-stage investor, and corporate innovation partner headquartered in London. Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, the company builds and funds startups in partnership with leading global corporations. Through its Venture Studio and Accelerator programs, Founders Factory co-founds businesses from inception, provides operational and strategic support, and invests in pre-seed and seed-stage startups. The company focuses on sectors including fintech, Health, Climate, and Deep Tech, supporting a portfolio of over 400 startups worldwide. Its international hubs include London, New York, Berlin, Milan, Singapore, Johannesburg, Bratislava, Perth, and Grand Bahama. Founders Factory leverages capital, a network of 60+ in-house operators, and access to corporate partners to help entrepreneurs turn ideas into high-growth ventures.
What you will do
- Act as the key technical stakeholder for multiple studio ventures weekly, defining architectures and delivering high-quality product MVPs focused on capturing AI advantages.
- Design and maintain applied AI infrastructure and internal tooling to turn recurring technical challenges into shared resources for the entire portfolio.
- Conduct technical surgery sessions and provide mentorship for accelerator founders and their tech leads to unblock complex engineering and data science challenges.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record of delivering products in fast-paced startup environments, specifically using modern AI tools like generative AI and agentic systems.
- Demonstrated ability to make critical build-vs-buy decisions and switch effortlessly between hands-on engineering execution and high-level strategic technical advice.
- Previous experience as a technical founder of an early-stage startup is highly preferred, alongside a strong product-driven mentality that balances speed with scalability.
Why this role is remarkable
- Build multiple startups from the ground up every year, moving from initial concept to MVP in under six months with the backing of a world-class venture studio.
- Join an ecosystem that has raised over $1bn in follow-on funding and counts global giants like HSBC, L’Oréal, and Aviva as corporate partners.
- Influence the technical standards of the future by designing reusable AI-native frameworks and internal tooling used across a massive portfolio of ventures.
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