Full Stack Software Engineer

📍 Location: London, UK (100% On-site, 5 days/week) 💰 Compensation: £100K - £200K Base + Meaningful, Above-Average Equity (4-year vest, 12-month cliff) 🤝 Backed by: $9M in Total Funding 🌍 Visa Sponsorship: Available for this role

About Us Our mission is to reindustrialize the West. We build and operate distributed, software-defined factories for component production (initially focused on CNC machining) that enable scale-ups and primes in the aerospace and defense sectors to iterate faster and scale production. Launched in early 2025, we already operate 4 factories across the UK and US, and we are ramping toward 25 factories by the end of 2026.

Our team combines expertise from Palantir, Raytheon, McKinsey, military special forces, and top-tier tech startups. We are currently an elite team of ~17 people, operating with a flat structure and zero middle management, focused entirely on high-agency individual contributors.

The Opportunity We are looking for a highly motivated Full Stack Software Engineer with a generalist mindset, exceptional coding skills, and a passion for real-world impact.

This is not another B2B SaaS tool. Your code will not just live in dashboards—it will power actual machine tools cutting precision metal parts for rockets and planes in our factories. You will see your software running on the factory floor every day, working alongside leadership to turn operational pain into impactful software products.

What You’ll Do:

• Full-Stack Ownership: Rebuild the entire manufacturing software stack from scratch. Jump between manufacturing execution systems (MES), AI agents for quoting, data ontology work, and UX.
• Architect & Deploy: Architect, design, and develop critical systems for factory automation, real-time data processing, machine learning, and real-time monitoring.
• Factory-First Impact: Deploy and iterate software rapidly, working directly on the ground in our factories to control production and identify bottlenecks.
• Scale the Future: Optimize for machine tool utilization and help orchestrate a massive, franchised network of 100s of production facilities across the US and Europe.

Who You Are (The Ideal Profile):

• Experience: 2-5 years of full-stack software engineering experience (exceptions made for truly exceptional talent).
• Startup DNA: You must have experience at a Tier-1 VC-backed startup. (Bonus points if you are an ex-founder, ex-CTO, or have experience at top-tier aerospace/defense firms like Palantir or Anduril).
• Tech Stack: You are highly familiar with TypeScript, React, Postgres, and AWS. (A slight preference is given to candidates with strong UX/front-end experience building front-end heavy SaaS products).
• Mission-Driven & Pragmatic: You are deeply aligned with the mission of onshoring manufacturing and are known for fast, pragmatic execution.

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• Commitment: You are willing to work insanely hard and are comfortable working completely on-site (5 days a week) in our London factory environment.

🚫 Who This is NOT For:

• Professionals looking for remote or hybrid work.
• Candidates who are too academic (e.g., extensive PhD research) or lack fast-paced startup experience.
• Those who are too senior and looking for management roles rather than hands-on, 0-to-1 building.