Founding Full-Stack Senior Engineer
£70k – £90k • 0.5% – 2.0%We are an AI-driven Hospitality Tech platform helping vacation rental owners automate their revenue on Booking.com.
Unlike most "early-stage" startups, we are already at £75k ARR and growing month-on-month. We have a product customers love, a validated business model, and we are now preparing to expand to Airbnb and Expedia.
We are a lean team of two founders looking for a Founding Engineer. You will be the technical lead, working directly with us to brainstorm ideas, architecture and ship code quickly.
Hybrid, London/ Manchester/ Leeds
Full-Time
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Please share a link to your GitHub or a side project you are proud of, you can send me at martin@mydatavalue.com.
python, django, postgresql, React.js,
ReactJS, postgres, scikit-learn, langchain
The Role
This is a Backend-First role (70/30 split). You will spend most of your time in Python/Django, but you must be willing to jump into React/Tailwind to ship complete features
We have interesting technical challenges involving high-volume data and browser automation (MCP/AI)
Scale the Backend: Build and ship features using Python (Django) and Postgres.
High-Volume Scraping: Manage enterprise-level scraping (1,000s of requests/second) and reverse-engineering of public data sources.
Chrome Extension: Maintain and expand our extension that bridges our platform with customer accounts.
Ship Fast: We use ChatGPT/Copilot heavily to speed up boilerplate code so we can focus on the complex logic.
Frontend (Light): We use React/Tailwind. You don't need to be a frontend expert, but you should be willing to jump in and tweak UI when needed.
We have interesting technical challenges involving high-volume data and browser automation (MCP/AI)
Scale the Backend: Build and ship features using Python (Django) and Postgres.
High-Volume Scraping: Manage enterprise-level scraping (1,000s of requests/second) and reverse-engineering of public data sources.
Chrome Extension: Maintain and expand our extension that bridges our platform with customer accounts.
Ship Fast: We use ChatGPT/Copilot heavily to speed up boilerplate code so we can focus on the complex logic.
Frontend (Light): We use React/Tailwind. You don't need to be a frontend expert, but you should be willing to jump in and tweak UI when needed.
The Logistics
Hybrid Setup: We are flexible. One founder is in Leeds, the other in London. You can be based near either city for a 2-day/week hybrid setup to build speed and trust.
Once you are fully ramped up, we are fine to transitioning to a remote-first setup.Salary: £70k - £90k (depending on experience).
Equity: Up to 2% options (4-year vesting). We are aiming for a £5-10m valuation in our next raise, join now to get in at the ground floor.
Who You Are
A Builder: You have startup experience (founder or early employee). You care about solving problems, not just writing code.
Python Expert: You have deep experience with Python.
Data Scraper: You understand the nuances of web scraping, proxies, and browser automation (Playwright).
Pragmatic: You know when to build for scale and when to ship a "hacky" fix to unblock a customer.
Autonomy: You want direct responsibility. You hate micromanagement and love taking a ticket from "idea" to "deployed."
Once you are fully ramped up, we are fine to transitioning to a remote-first setup.Salary: £70k - £90k (depending on experience).
Equity: Up to 2% options (4-year vesting). We are aiming for a £5-10m valuation in our next raise, join now to get in at the ground floor.
Who You Are
A Builder: You have startup experience (founder or early employee). You care about solving problems, not just writing code.
Python Expert: You have deep experience with Python.
Data Scraper: You understand the nuances of web scraping, proxies, and browser automation (Playwright).
Pragmatic: You know when to build for scale and when to ship a "hacky" fix to unblock a customer.
Autonomy: You want direct responsibility. You hate micromanagement and love taking a ticket from "idea" to "deployed."
Interview process
- 30 min non technical call with myself.
- 1 hour technical pair programming challenge (not leetcode but real-life problems)
- Meet up in person with both founders
- Offer
- 1 hour technical pair programming challenge (not leetcode but real-life problems)
- Meet up in person with both founders
- Offer
Why This Role?
Real Revenue: We aren't just an MVP, we have customers who have been with us for months earning more revenue with 0% churn.
High Equity: 2% is a good chunk for our stage, it should be worth a significant amount within a years time as we raise at higher valuations.
Hard Problems: If you get bored building standard CRUD apps, our scraping, MCP & automation challenges will keep you engaged.
Please share a link to your GitHub or a side project you are proud of, you can send me at martin@mydatavalue.com.
High Equity: 2% is a good chunk for our stage, it should be worth a significant amount within a years time as we raise at higher valuations.
Hard Problems: If you get bored building standard CRUD apps, our scraping, MCP & automation challenges will keep you engaged.
Please share a link to your GitHub or a side project you are proud of, you can send me at martin@mydatavalue.com.