Vetted on a call by a Wave consultant, not scraped. Up to £95,000.
Ten years of Python with seven of those turning research ideas into deployable MVPs. One of three core people on an AI eczema assessment platform for patients and GPs, covering backend infrastructure, the mobile and web builds in Flutter and React, and the model training and deployment on SageMaker. Knows the regulated side, IEC 62304, ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
Looking forWants out of an academic pace where decisions take three years instead of weeks. What they are after is commercial product work with a customer feedback loop attached and something that actually ships.
How they came acrossGenuinely frustrated rather than bored, and articulate about why: a team of career academics resistant to commercialising, and an endless research cycle with no customer at the end of it. Enthusiastic when talking about products they admire.
Python, FastAPI, C/C++, TypeScript · React, Flutter · AWS SageMaker, Lambda, RDS, S3, Docker, PostgreSQL, PyTorch
Five employers over eleven years, split between medical device research, prosthetics engineering and a university spin out, with a PhD in the middle. 5 employers, average tenure 2 years 4 months.
Two months notice, and most of the last decade sits inside regulated medical device work, so the pace of a commercial startup is the thing to test.
Masters in systems and control from a globally ranked university, plus a PhD.
Generalist by choice, and says so without apology. Currently the only engineer alongside a founder at a two person company, building carbon footprint reporting, compliance tracking and ROI analysis with a chatbot on top, on FastAPI and React with LangChain and Gemini underneath. Before that, high performance computing on MPI and OpenMP and CFD simulation work at two large European engineering groups.
Looking forWants people around them. The current setup is isolating, the CEO is rarely in, and they are tired of bouncing ideas off a language model instead of a colleague. Autonomy and variety matter more than the money.
How they came acrossRated a 9 out of 10 communicator on our call, and it showed. Positions themself as a problem solver rather than a specialist and is actively avoiding narrow roles.
Python, C++, FastAPI, SQL · JavaScript, React · GCP, GitLab CI, LangChain, PyTorch, scikit-learn
Five employers over five years, starting in computational engineering at two large European industrial groups before two founding engineer seats. 5 employers, average tenure 8 months.
Average stint is eight months and they are live with four other early stage processes, so anything slow loses them.
Masters in applied computational science and engineering from a Russell Group university.
Built what is claimed to be the world's largest protein database on AWS, which is the fact that stops you scrolling. The rest is cloud and data infrastructure at depth, EKS, Glue, Batch, Step Functions and Lambda, with Terraform underneath and Neo4j, Elasticsearch and vector stores on top. Now runs their own AI consultancy building agentic LLM systems for mid sized businesses.
Looking forWants to stop being a solo founder and join something permanent, mainly for stability and for structured learning in AI and ML alongside people who know more. Available immediately with nothing to work out.
How they came acrossDirect and quick to commit when something interests them. Has lectured and mentored, which comes through in how clearly they explain infrastructure decisions.
Python, Scala, SQL · AWS EKS, Glue, Batch, Lambda, Terraform, Docker · PyTorch, Neo4j, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB
Eleven employers over twelve years spanning biotech, pharma, fintech and university research, most recently as a solo consultancy founder. 11 employers, average tenure 1 year.
Eleven employers and an average stint of a year, much of it research and consultancy, so stability is the thing to ask about even though that is exactly what they say they want.
Masters in intensive data analytics from a Russell Group university.
Tell me which came closest and I recalibrate, then come back with 10 to 15 more inside 24 hours.
Show me the wider bank