Founding Engineer

Department: Engineering

Reports to: Max (Head of Marketplace)

Location: London (Hybrid — The Church, 291 Hackney Road)

Type: Full-time | Equity + Salary

Wonder Studios is an AI-native film studio redefining how stories are told. We partner with global brands, artists, and studios to create award winning campaigns, films, and experiences that merge cinematic craft with cutting-edge AI technology.

Backed by elite investors including LocalGlobe, Atomico and Adobe as well as angels from the leading AI companies including OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Google DeepMind, we’re now a team of 35+ based around the world with offices in London, LA, NYC and SF.

Our work spans entertainment, advertising, and original content - collaborating with partners such as YouTube, Google DeepMind, Universal Music Group, Campfire Studios and leading global artists.

Learn more at wonderstudios.com.

The mission of the Marketplace team is to build the infrastructure that connects creators with fans, tech companies with talent, and filmmakers with the resources they need to make extraordinary work.

The Wonder App is the engine behind all. We’re building the place where the next generation of filmmakers gets found, supported, and paid.

We launched the App earlier this year. It already has 2,000+ members, growing double digits week on week, and best in class MAU. We’re at an inflection point with real PMF and we need a Founding Product Engineer to take it to the next level.

The Marketplace team also owns several other huge surface areas:

• We just launched Wonder TV - a curated streaming platform aimed at combining what Mubi is to film discoverability and what Patreon is to the creator economy. It already has 10 award winning filmmakers showcasing their films and getting paid. You will shape the future of how creators and fans interact
• We just launched Wonder Talent Management - our elite talent representation division. We already have some of the best AI talent on the roster. You will shape the infrastructure that dictates the future of how the best talent gets connected to the right jobs.  
• Tokenised film finance - as we lay the foundations for creators and fans to interact, we want to democratise how films get funded and how fans participate. Think crowdfunding for films. You will own the infrastructure for changing how films make it to screens.

You’ll work alongside Max (Head of Marketplace) and the rest of the Marketplace Team to own meaningful product surface areas from day one — not inherited roadmaps, but real decisions that shape the future of how creators earn and how talent gets discovered.

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering experience, ideally with experience shipping a marketplace, creator or community platforms
• You're excited about shipping impactful products, not just high-quality code. You have strong product sense
• You’re passionate about culture, creativity, and technology and motivated to change how creators bring their stories to life
• High ownership, bias to action and collaborative
• Gets their energy from getting things done and in the hands of customers but is also here to have fun along the way!
• London-based — we're in the Church (291 Hackney Road) and the energy matters

Competitive London market rate + meaningful founding engineer equity.

You'll join a small, ambitious team at the frontier of storytelling and technology — working alongside world-class creators, technologists, and storytellers who are building what comes next. The Marketplace you'll build will connect creators with fans, tech companies with world-class talent, and filmmakers with the tools and finance they need to make extraordinary work. You'll have direct access to leadership, real ownership from day one, and a community of 2,000+ AI-native creators as your users.

At Wonder, we're shaping the future of entertainment. We'd love for you to help build it.