Research Engineer, London

Applied Research Engineer | Early Stage Deep Tech Start Up | London

I am partnered with an early stage, London based start up that is building an AI native intelligence layer for private market investing. The platform transforms fragmented documents, deal histories, and proprietary investment data into structured, searchable intelligence for private equity, venture capital, and private credit teams.

They are hiring a Founding Applied Research Engineer to join at early stage, with real ownership of the depth of knowledge and retrieval infrastructure. This role suits someone with a strong academic background from a leading university, alongside clear evidence of success in high ownership projects. Experience with knowledge graphs and information retrieval is essential:

Responsibilities

• Design knowledge graphs
• Build advanced information retrieval systems
• Create robust information extraction pipelines
• Translate research into production infrastructure

On offer

• The opportunity to build a deep tech AI model and conduct original, applied research
• Founding engineer responsibility with high visibility and influence
• Hybrid working model in London
• Salary up to £70k plus substantial equity
• Genuine ownership over what is built from day one

If you meet the above criteria and want to help build foundational AI technology within a small, ambitious team, please get in touch.