Founding Senior Platform Engineer (£120,000-£140,000 + Equity) at VC-backed AI supply chain startup

Founding Senior Platform Engineer

Salary: £120,000-£140,000 + Equity

Company Description: VC-backed AI supply chain startup

Location: London, UK

Job Description: As the first platform hire, you will design and own the cloud native backbone powering advanced AI agents for global procurement. You'll build best in class, multi tenant infrastructure from the ground up, ensuring high observability and security. This is a rare opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a high growth startup transforming a $3 tn market.

Why this role is remarkable

• Join as the founding platform engineer with total ownership over the infrastructure roadmap and architectural decisions.
• Backed by top tier global VCs and a founding team with experience from OpenAI, Meta, and NASA.
• Work at the cutting edge of agentic AI systems within a massive, recession proof global manufacturing market.

What you will do

• Design and scale a multi cloud, multi tenant platform using IaC and GitOps best practices to support AI workers.
• Collaborate with developers to build secure software delivery pipelines and automated AI assisted review tooling.
• Implement comprehensive observability and security frameworks to turn compliance into a competitive advantage.

The ideal candidate

• Extensive mastery of Azure or AWS with deep experience managing production clusters and container orchestration.
• Proven track record of delivering production ready infrastructure using IaC in security conscious or regulated environments.
• A hands on builder who leverages AI assisted development and can move from architectural sketches to deployment in days.