Skip to main content
Back to all jobs

This job is no longer actively hiring. Open Roles to see active jobs.

Confidential company

Job listing

London, United Kingdom$120k - $250k + Equity

Founding Infrastructure Engineer at Fast-growing generative AI startup

Join an elite engineering team as a Founding Infrastructure Engineer at one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the industry. This is a unique opportunity to own the cloud backbone of a platform seeing 20-30% MoM growth, backed by top-tier VCs and tech legends. If you are a Terraform expert with experience scaling global AWS environments and want to secure significant equity in a high-traction company, this London-based role offers the impact and ownership you've been looking for.

Overview

Role overview

As a founding engineer, you will design and own the cloud backbone for a high-traffic AI platform. You will build multi-region infrastructure, automate deployment pipelines, and optimize performance for intensive workloads. This is a high-impact role on an elite team, offering significant ownership and the chance to scale global systems.

Company

About the company

Fast-growing generative AI startup

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Design and maintain scalable AWS environments using Terraform to ensure reliability and cost efficiency.
  • Build infrastructure patterns for rapid multi-region deployment and isolated single-tenant customer environments.
  • Implement robust observability and performance tuning for high-frequency AI processing and low-latency routing.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • 5+ years of experience owning cloud infrastructure at scale with expertise in Terraform and AWS.
  • Proven track record of building sophisticated CI/CD pipelines and managing container orchestration.
  • Strong background in cloud networking, security best practices, and performance monitoring for distributed systems.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Join an elite, talent-dense engineering team during a period of explosive monthly revenue growth and global adoption.
  • Secure a founding-level role with significant equity in a platform backed by world-class venture capital and industry leaders.
  • Solve complex architectural challenges involving multi-tenant isolation and high-throughput AI workloads at a global scale.

Jack & Jill

How Jack & Jill work together

Jack
I get to know what you’re great at, then find roles you’d never find yourself.
Jill
I recruit from Jack’s network and make the intro when I spot a great match.

Meet Jack

Thumbnail for Meet Jack

Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.

How does this work?

Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.

Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.

If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.

Find a job withJack

Ready to find your next role?

Talk to Jack for 10 minutes and see your first matches.