Founding AI Engineer (£100k–£150k + Equity) at Pharosyn

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Founding AI Engineer Salary £100k–£150k + Equity Company Description Pharosyn is a pre-seed AI startup backed by Entrepreneurs First in London, building automated competitive intelligence for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Job Description As a Founding AI Engineer at Pharosyn, you will build AI systems that automate complex analyst workflows for monitoring clinical trials and regulatory filings. Working directly with the CTO, you will own LLM orchestration, data pipelines, and full-stack development, shipping production-ready code to enterprise pharma clients while shaping the technical architecture of the platform. Location London, UK Why this role is remarkable * Join a pre-seed startup backed by Entrepreneurs First as a founding team member, gaining significant equity and influencing company culture from day one. * Solve a massive, high-value problem in the regulated pharma industry by replacing slow manual reporting with real-time, traceable AI-powered competitive intelligence. * Experience rapid growth in a high-intensity environment where you ship code to production and interact with enterprise clients on a weekly basis. What You Will Do * Build and manage core LLM orchestration layers and data pipelines to monitor clinical trials and regulatory filings continuously. * Develop and maintain the full-stack platform using Python, TypeScript, and React to deliver actionable insights to pharma strategic teams. * Make high-level architectural decisions alongside the CTO, ensuring the product remains privacy-first, traceable, and SOC 2 compliant. The ideal candidate * Has 0-4 years of professional software engineering experience with a proven track record of shipping production-ready AI or LLM-powered systems. * Holds a computer science or technical degree from a top UK Russell-group university, showing strong fundamentals and a builder's mindset. * Demonstrates full-stack proficiency in Python and TypeScript/React, with the ability to thrive in the ambiguity of an early-stage startup environment. Who are Jack \& Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. 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. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.