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Job Title Founding Engineer
Salary Not Disclosed + Equity
Company Description Presential Limited is a funded pre-seed startup building the privacy layer for enterprise AI to help tier-1 UK banks safely deploy LLM systems.
Job Description Presential Limited is building the privacy layer for enterprise AI, allowing tier-1 banks to use sensitive data with external models safely. As Founding Engineer, you will own the core platform architecture, designing the AI systems that transform PII into semantic twins. Your work ensures AI pilots survive compliance and reach production.
Location London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Build the foundational architecture from scratch for a pre-seed startup defining the intersection of privacy and enterprise AI.
- Directly solve the primary compliance bottleneck preventing major financial institutions from deploying state-of-the-art AI models into production.
- Gain significant ownership and a clear trajectory toward engineering leadership as a core member of a senior founding team.
What You Will Do
- Architect and experiment with the core platform to optimize latency, reliability, and system resilience for enterprise-grade throughput.
- Build advanced AI workflows, including agentic loops, RAG architectures, and dynamic prompt chaining to handle complex document processing.
- Configure and fine-tune models while switching fluidly between backend architecture and task-specific evaluation to ensure data privacy.
The ideal candidate
- Has 5+ years of software engineering experience building scalable production systems using Python, TypeScript, Go, or Rust.
- Demonstrates deep expertise with the modern LLM stack, including tool-use execution, memory systems, and AI evaluation frameworks.
- Possesses a track record of delivering enterprise-ready features, ideally with experience in SOC2, data isolation, and VPC deployments.
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