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Founding AI Engineer (+ Substantial Equity) at Venture-backed gaming AI startup
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London

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full-time

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She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network.


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Founding AI Engineer

Company Description: Venture-backed gaming AI startup

Job Description:
Join as a founding member to build state-of-the-art agentic systems for the global gaming industry. You will design autonomous agents capable of complex tasks, from gameplay mechanics to analytics. This high-impact role offers significant ownership and the opportunity to define the technical frontier of AI-driven game development alongside a world-class team.

Location: London, UK

Why this role is remarkable:

  • True founding member status with a generous equity package significantly higher than standard early-stage hires.

  • Backed by top-tier UK and US venture capital firms with a major funding milestone anticipated for early 2026.

  • Direct impact on the gaming industry by building production-ready agents already being used by world-leading studios.

What you will do:

  • Design and maintain robust agentic AI systems including planners, loops, search algorithms, and tool-use frameworks.

  • Implement advanced orchestration flows and memory systems like GraphRAG to ensure agent reliability and safety.

  • Deploy and operate agents as production services, managing containerization, performance tuning, and observability metrics.

The ideal candidate:

  • Professional experience building production-ready agentic systems and pushing the frontier of LLM performance.

  • Strong software engineering foundations in Python with a focus on testing, version control, and scalable architecture.

  • A self-starting, hungry individual comfortable with the high-responsibility and long-hours environment of a founding team.

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.

Next steps
Step 1. Visit our website.
Step 2. Click 'Talk to Jack'.
Step 3. Talk to Jack so he can understand your experience and ambitions.
Step 4. Jack will make sure Jill (the AI agent working for the company) considers you for this role.
Step 5. If Jill thinks you're a great fit and her client wants to meet you, they will make the introduction.
Step 6. If not, Jack will find you excellent alternatives. All for free.

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.

Other facts

Tech stack
AI Systems,Autonomous Agents,Gameplay Mechanics,Analytics,Python,Testing,Version Control,Scalable Architecture,Agent Reliability,Safety,Containerization,Performance Tuning,Observability Metrics,Orchestration Flows,Memory Systems,GraphRAG

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Team size: 11-50 employees
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Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Founding Year: 2009

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain robust agentic AI systems, including planners and search algorithms. Deploy and operate agents as production services while managing performance tuning and observability metrics.

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As a Founding AI Engineer (+ Substantial Equity) at Venture-backed gaming AI startup at Jack & Jill/External ATS, you will: design and maintain robust agentic AI systems, including planners and search algorithms. Deploy and operate agents as production services while managing performance tuning and observability metrics..

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