Join a high-caliber team of four building the infrastructure that connects disconnected enterprise apps to SSO. As a Founding Engineer, you will develop browser-based agents that automate mission-critical workflows for decacorn financial firms. You'll own features end-to-end, from customer discovery to shipping production code that secures global workforces against state-sponsored threats.
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Founding Engineer (Browser Automation) at Aglide (YC S23)
Aglide (YC S23) is hiring a Founding Engineer in London to build the future of enterprise browser automation. While most startups chase simple APIs, Aglide is building 'browser-using agents' that automate mission-critical security and identity workflows for decacorn financial firms. You'll join a elite team of four, shipping end-to-end encrypted infrastructure and core automation engines that keep global companies secure. With a £80k-£150k salary, meaningful founding equity, and frequent trips to San Francisco, this is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth startup at the ground floor and solve technical problems that have no established playbook.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Aglide
Aglide - YC-backed enterprise automation startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Architect and improve the core web-automation engine to handle complex, non-API tasks within an on-device Electron environment.
- Build a user-facing workflow builder that allows non-technical enterprise users to configure secure automations for any web application.
- Design and implement end-to-end encrypted infrastructure and platform analytics to provide enterprise customers with total visibility and security control.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Has 1+ years of production software experience with strong systems thinking and the ability to debug messy browser-automation environments.
- Demonstrates a high-ownership mindset, comfortable meeting directly with customers to diagnose issues and shipping solutions to production within days.
- Possesses technical familiarity with TypeScript and Postgres, ideally with hands-on experience in Electron, browser extensions, or automation tools like Puppeteer.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- High-impact founding role at a YC S23 startup serving decacorn financial institutions and public insurance companies where your code secures mission-critical access.
- Work in a genuinely novel space building "browser-using agents" for enterprise security, solving complex automation challenges where no established industry playbook exists yet.
- Exceptional growth package including meaningful founding-team equity (0.5-1%), frequent travel to San Francisco, and a culture of high autonomy and rapid execution.
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