Senior Founding Engineer, Neya

Architecting AI Agents for Social Connection, Founding Team

£70-90k

+ 0.5-2% Equity

React

TypeScript

React Native

iOS

Node.js

Android

Next.js

Flutter

Senior and Expert level

London

Oxford

1-3 days a week in office (Paddington, London)

AI that Connects People and Communities

Be an early applicant

AI that Connects People and Communities

1-20 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceSharing EconomySocialSaaSSocial MediaSocial ImpactCommunity

Be an early applicant

£70-90k

+ 0.5-2% Equity

React

TypeScript

React Native

iOS

Node.js

Android

Next.js

Flutter

Senior and Expert level

London

Oxford

1-3 days a week in office (Paddington, London)

1-20 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceSharing EconomySocialSaaSSocial MediaSocial ImpactCommunity

Company mission

To build stronger, more connected local communities, by pioneering the development of AI that increases social connection.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Expertise building agentic architectures, with robust async coordination and techniques for controlling or exploiting non-deterministic model responses. LLMs, LangChain, etc.
Exceptional backend fundamentals. Strong in API design, data modelling, caching, performance, reliability, and secure, observable systems
Deep experience with TypeScript, and strong production experience with Node.js and Next.js/React
5+ years engineering experience with a strong track record of owning production systems end to end
A product-engineer mindset with deep care for user experience as well as system design
Interest in community, social behaviour, or impact-driven products
High velocity and ownership. You ship fast, learn fast, and thrive with autonomy

Desirable

Zero-to-one experience in early-stage start-ups
Experience with machine learning, vector databases, semantic search, embeddings, or recommendation/matching logic
Cloud infrastructure, observability, Postgres, serverless, event driven architectures
Mobile development (React Native, Flutter, or native Android/iOS)

What the job involves

We are looking for a partner, not just an employee. You will be a hands-on engineer, helping define what we build, how we build it, and the engineering standards that shape Neya for years to come.
You’ll take on hard challenges such as keeping agents reliable, modelling neighbourhood-level behaviour, designing trust and reputation systems, and structuring messy conversation, while also contributing to key product features across the main app.
You will work directly with the CTO (ex-Spotify, Gousto) and co-founders to build, ship, and scale the product
There’s no bureaucracy here. Just a small team, moving fast, building for real users, and focused on making a meaningful impact

Application process

1. Apply on Welcome to the Jungle
2. Fill out short questionnaire (four questions)
3. 25m alignment conversation with founders
4. Technical exercise (at home)
5. Technical review with CTO

Our take

Neya is an AI assistant helping its users find communities, businesses, and connections that speak to their needs and interests, thus creating a more human-centric approach to AI.

It’s in its early stages, but Neya savvily utilises preexisting platforms like WhatsApp so that its use comes intuitively to customers. Integrating with messaging platforms, Neya aims to act as a local social connector, with potential for a wide variety of use cases. From professional networking to hobbyists searching for local communities, there’s huge potential in Neya.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Company HQ

Westminster, London, UK

Leadership

Rob Chapman

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Also the Co-Founder of Founders Alliance, Non-Exec Chair at Neighbourly Lab, Trustee and Pledger at Founders Pledge and is an Advisor at the Forward Institute.

Harry Hobson

(Co-Founder)

Also a Director at Neighbourly Lab. Previously a Partner at Stripe Partners, was a Co-Founder at Common Everybody and was a Senior Consultant at Curious Industry.

Joshua Wreford

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Also a Senior Software Engineer at Spotify. Previously Founder of Pixme, Lead Software Engineer at Gousto and was a Founder at Cosmic Agency.

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