Head of Engineering & AI – Founding Leadership Role
An early-stage startup is building an AI-powered platform to revolutionise the maritime supply chain, one of the most complex and operationally critical industries globally. The business is run by serial startup founders/senior executives with deep industry experience, and they are now hiring its first senior technical leader.
What you’ll do
* Own the end-to-end technical architecture across platform, data, and AI
* Design and deploy AI systems that operate within legacy, non-API environments
* Build scalable data foundations and intelligent agent workflows
* Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering and AI team
* Work closely with customers to turn real operational workflows into production systems
Who you are
* Senior engineering leader with strong AI/ML and complex systems experience
* Comfortable building from first principles in ambiguous environments
* Hands-on, pragmatic, and delivery-focused
* Builder mindset with high standards and low ego
What’s on offer
* Competitive base salary plus meaningful equity
* Founding-level influence over technology and team
* Opportunity to solve genuinely hard problems with immediate real-world impact