The Opportunity
We're building a talent pipeline for our first engineering hires. This is an expression of interest for a future Founding Engineer role—when we're ready to expand, we'll reach out to candidates who've registered interest.
As a founding engineer, you'll help build the core product from the ground up and shape the technical direction of the company.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship features across the full stack (React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python)
- Develop and refine our RAG architecture—document processing, embedding pipelines, and retrieval optimisation
- Work closely with founders on product strategy and technical decisions
- Deploy and maintain infrastructure (Vercel, Supabase, cloud services)
- Establish engineering best practices and set the technical culture
Requirements
- Solid experience with modern web development (TypeScript, React, Node.js)
- Python experience and familiarity with AI/ML concepts
- Interest in document AI, embeddings, vector search, and LLM applications
- Self-directed and comfortable with the ambiguity of early-stage startups
- Strong communication skills for a remote-first environment
Nice to Have
- Experience with RAG systems or vector databases
- Background in document parsing/processing
- Previous startup or founding experience
Compensation & Location
- Equity + competitive salary (to be discussed)
- Remote, UK timezone preferred
Top Skills
What We Do
Answerable is an AI startup building the intelligence layer for research organizations. We solve a critical problem: world-changing policy research often sits unread in static PDF reports. We transform these archives into secure, conversational knowledge bases. Our closed-loop RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) platform allows policy analysts, journalists, and the public to "chat" with verified research libraries. Unlike generic AI, Answerable is rigorous by default—every answer is synthesized exclusively from the organization's own work, with zero hallucinations and complete citation transparency. We are remote-first, UK-based, and working with leading policy institutes to make expert knowledge accessible to everyone.
Why Work With Us
Rigorous by Default We build for environments where prompt engineering isn't enough; accuracy is everything. You will tackle hard problems in retrieval, semantic search, and document understanding, moving beyond "demo-grade" AI to build systems trusted by major institutions. Mission Over Metrics We aren't optimizing for ad clicks or engagement loo
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