Meet FairShot
FairShot is revolutionizing how companies hire across tech, consulting, finance, and any high-growth sectors. We replace outdated, easily gamed quizzes with AI-driven, live and immersive simulations - case interviews, technical challenges, and real-time role plays over video - that reflect the true nature of the job and measure problem-solving, analytical thinking, and much else.
Our mission is simple: make hiring fair, fast, and predictive, so teams choose based on proven ability and skills, not guesswork.
Backed by over $1M in funding, we’re a young, ambitious, and international team based in central London, with experience from Palantir, McKinsey, and Rothschild. Our vision is a skills-first hiring world, where every candidate is evaluated fairly through defensible, data-driven scoring and matched to the roles they’re truly born for.
Role Description
You’ll be our first Founding Engineer - congrats!
You’re passionate about solving real-world problems and have a strong drive to build (and break) new things. You thrive on fast cycles - ship, learn, iterate, repeat - because you know that real insights come from putting features in front of users, not from endless planning.
You’ll have the opportunity to own our product end-to-end, not only making key architectural and design decisions, but also turning customer needs into concrete and tangible solutions. Building a new product is tough - it takes countless cycles and long hours of work before getting it right - but we trust you going the extra mile to build something truly impactful and one that will reward all your efforts
You’re a generalist with solid experience across the full web stack - but more importantly, you’re eager to learn new technologies and tackle new challenges. No two days will be the same — whether you’re recovering a crashed database or adding that crucial button that seals the deal, your contributions will always matter.
And most importantly: we’ll work together as a team in London. You know that a team of exceptional people achieves more than the sum of its parts - and we’re looking for someone exceptional like you!
Our Perks
💸 Above market salary (£80-120k based on experience)
📈 Generous equity package
🚗 Free commuting to the office
🍲 Lunch is on us
🍺 Modern office with free coffee and beers in the evening
💻 Brand new MacBook
Key Skills
* Mid to senior full-stack SWE, 3 to 7 years of professional software development experience, with exposure to small/mid-size startups or, alternatively, FAANG-like companies. Strong technical executor (IC3 minimum - IC4 preferred), 1-2 years of experience as a tech lead is a plus
* Experience in full-stack web development (both front-end and back-end frameworks) is required. Experience with LLM workflows and cloud infrastructures (preferably AWS, alternatively GCP or Azure) is a plus
* Strongly motivated to join a pre-seed startup, with the opportunity to shape the technical direction and culture of the company
* Capable to execute in autonomy, ready to own the development of the product and make key decisions on its design and architecture
* Comfortable to learn new technologies and frameworks quickly, and willing to contribute across multiple areas (coding, DevOps, Data, AI, …)
* London based, available to work from the office 4+ days per week.