GRS Recruitment is excited to be partnering with an innovative, venture-backed business that is redefining conversational commerce through AI. This is an opportunity to become the Founding AI Engineer, taking ownership of a mission-critical product from day one and building an AI system that directly generates revenue. If you've successfully launched AI products into production, built sophisticated conversational agents, and thrive in fast-moving startup environments, this could be the career-defining opportunity you're looking for. Our client is building an AI-powered conversational sales platform capable of managing thousands of one-to-one customer conversations at scale.
As the Founding AI Engineer, you will own the AI platform end-to-end. You'll evaluate the latest AI technologies, make architectural decisions, build production systems, and create the framework that powers future growth. You'll have genuine product ownership and a direct influence on the company's roadmap.
They are building an AI that:
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Maintains a consistent personality and character
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Remembers individual users across days, weeks, and months
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Understands buying intent and customer behaviour
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Makes intelligent recommendations
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Uses tools, payments and CRM systems effectively
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Knows when to hand off to a human
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Continuously improves through evaluation and feedback
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Build & Scale AI Products
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Design and deploy long-running conversational AI systems.
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Build agents capable of maintaining memory and context across multiple conversations.
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Create robust orchestration layers, tool integrations and decision-making workflows.
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Deliver production-ready AI experiences used by real customers.
Own the AI Architecture
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Assess and implement the best LLMs, frameworks and tools available.
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Make build-vs-buy decisions quickly and confidently.
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Research emerging technologies and apply them where they create real value.
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Design systems that are scalable, reliable and commercially viable.
Create World-Class Evaluation Systems
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Build testing, evaluation and monitoring frameworks.
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Replay real customer conversations and benchmark AI performance.
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Measure outputs against top-performing human operators.
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Continuously improve quality and business outcomes through structured experimentation.
Integrate Across the Business
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Connect AI workflows into CRM platforms, payment systems and messaging channels.
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Develop APIs and integrations that allow seamless customer experiences.
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Collaborate closely with operations, product and commercial leadership teams.
Help Build the Engineering Team
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Play a key role in future hiring decisions.
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Help shape engineering culture, processes and standards.
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Partner with future Platform and AI Engineers as the team scales.
Technology Stack
You'll be working with modern technologies including:
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TypeScript
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Python
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Deno Edge Functions
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React
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PostgreSQL
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Supabase
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Railway
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Modern LLM Frameworks
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AI Coding Tools
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Essential
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Proven experience shipping AI products used by real customers.
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Extensive experience building conversational AI, AI agents, or LLM-powered applications.
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Strong Python and TypeScript development skills.
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Deep understanding of agent architecture, memory systems, tool use and orchestration.
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Experience building and maintaining production systems.
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Strong commercial mindset with the ability to balance speed, quality and business impact.
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Comfortable taking ownership of product and technical decisions.
You'll Stand Out If You Have
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Built multi-step AI agents with long-term memory.
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Experience with customer-facing AI products.
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Worked in startup or high-growth environments.
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Strong knowledge of evaluation frameworks and AI benchmarking.
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Hands-on experience with modern AI coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Windsurf or similar.
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Experience designing systems where revenue and customer engagement are core success metrics.
The Ideal Candidate
You are someone who:
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Ships products instead of discussing them endlessly.
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Loves solving difficult product and technical challenges.
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Can work independently and move from idea to production quickly.
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Makes confident decisions backed by data.
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Embraces AI-first development practices.
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Thrives in ambiguity and enjoys building from zero.
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Most importantly, you're someone who wants to build something meaningful, take ownership, and help create the future of AI-powered conversational commerce.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
Due to the high volume of applications received at GRS Recruitment, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
To apply for this position, please email your CV to
Hayley Buckle, hayley@grsrecruitment.com quoting the above job reference or call +357 25 342 724 for further information.