Founding Product Engineer

About the Role This is a founding Product Engineer opportunity at a small, high-impact team building a core AI platform for financial risk and compliance. Founded in 2023 and operating in the RegTech / AML / KYC space, the company uses Large Language Models to automate customer due diligence workflows for fintechs and banks - think risk investigations, AML alert remediation, and document verification. You'll sit at the intersection of engineering, product thinking, and direct customer engagement, translating cutting-edge LLM capabilities into reliable, production-ready features. You'll work closely with the founding team (including CEO and CTO), own features end-to-end, and help shape the technical and product direction of the company from an early stage. No visa sponsorship is available - you must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. What You'll Do • Shape product direction and technical strategy as an early team member. • Build and scale the core platform and new zero-to-one initiatives. • Translate novel LLM capabilities into understandable, performant end-user experiences. • Release production code under a "You Build It, You Run It" ownership model - shipping, operating, and iterating end-to-end. • Work directly with enterprise customers (financial crime and risk teams) to solve critical compliance problems. • Build integrations, data infrastructure, and tooling to enable AI agents to automate compliance workflows. • Evolve schemas and structure non-deterministic LLM outputs for reliable downstream use. • Lead customer calls and take ownership of customer outcomes. • Collaborate with the founding team to mature engineering practices. • Tackle scaling challenges, navigate ambiguity, and help hire and onboard future teammates. What We're Looking For Required: • Strong track record building production software, ideally at early-stage startups or on founding teams. • Hands-on experience with the core stack: Node.js / TypeScript, Python, React, and AWS Serverless. • Practical experience applying LLMs or large-scale NLP models to real product problems, including structuring non-deterministic outputs. • Experience building data infrastructure and schemas for reliable, auditable downstream use. • Comfort working directly with enterprise customers in financial risk, compliance, or related regulated domains. • Ownership mindset - you ship, operate, and iterate; on-call is part of the role. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; comfortable leading customer calls and aligning cross-functional teams. • Ability to hire and mentor future teammates and contribute to evolving engineering practices. • Right to work in the United Kingdom (no sponsorship available). Nice to Have: • Prior experience specifically on a founding engineering team. • Background in financial crime, AML, KYC, or RegTech domains. • Experience at companies in adjacent spaces such as compliance automation, AI tooling, or B2B fintech SaaS. Compensation & Benefits • Base salary: 75,000 - 110,000 per year, depending on experience. • Equity: 0.25% - 0.5% (meaningful early-stage ownership). • Opportunity to shape the company's engineering culture and hiring from the ground up. Location Based in London, UK. This is an on-site / hybrid role working alongside the founding team. Candidates must have the right to work in the United Kingdom - visa sponsorship is not available. Originally posted on Himalayas