As the first AI engineering hire, you will build production-grade LLM orchestration and full-stack systems to automate complex clinical and regulatory analysis for enterprise pharma clients. Working directly with Cambridge-educated founders, you will bridge the gap between raw data and strategic insights, shipping impactful features weekly in a high-intensity, privacy-first environment.
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London, United Kingdom£100k–£150k + Equity
Founding AI Engineer at EF-backed pharmaceutical AI startup
Join an elite, EF-backed startup as a Founding AI Engineer to automate competitive intelligence for the multi-billion dollar pharma industry. Based in London, you'll work alongside Cambridge founders to build LLM-driven systems that replace manual clinical trial monitoring for enterprise clients. With a £100k-£150k salary and founding equity, this is a rare opportunity for a high-agency engineer from a top-tier university to own the technical roadmap of a company moving from pre-seed to scale. Skip the incremental updates at Big Tech and build the future of life sciences intelligence from day one.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Pharosyn
Software2–10+ employees
EF-backed pre-seed AI startup automating competitive intelligence for the global pharmaceutical market
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Architect and own the core LLM orchestration layer and data pipelines to monitor clinical trials and regulatory filings in real-time.
- Develop the full-stack platform using Python and TypeScript/React, moving seamlessly from AI backend logic to intuitive frontend interfaces.
- Collaborate directly with the CTO to make foundational architectural decisions that will define the company’s technical trajectory and scalability.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- A technical graduate from a top UK Russell Group university with 0-4 years of experience and a strong software engineering foundation.
- Proven experience building and shipping LLM-powered applications beyond basic experimentation, with proficiency in Python and modern web frameworks.
- A high-agency builder's mindset who thrives in the ambiguity of a pre-seed startup and is motivated by shipping code to real customers.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Join an Entrepreneurs First (EF) portfolio company at the ground floor with significant founding equity and a direct path to technical leadership.
- Solve a massive, high-value problem for the regulated life sciences industry by replacing manual, error-prone human analysis with traceable, enterprise-ready AI.
- Work in a high-velocity London office where you ship to production-level pharma clients on your first day, avoiding the bureaucracy of larger tech firms.
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