Senior Python / AI Engineer London Full Time

Telescope

Telescope is a VC backed AI start-up regarded as one of the most influential players in the cutting-edge field of generative AI .

We are building a product that is revolutionising (and we mean it) the sales industry forever, positively impacting millions of people, companies and products.

Our platform uses advanced machine learning to perform prospecting on autopilot, and can identify the right customer for the right company at the right time.

We have incredible backers including Sequoia Capital , Soma Capital , Entrepreneur First , Koro Capital , Redseed VC , and Mento VC who are partnering with us on our ambitious mission.

Telescope is currently used by over a thousand companies, ranging from small startups to global sales teams, allowing them to search less but sell more. Our number of users keeps on growing (exponentially) every single day, despite us having done zero marketing so far.

We are building a team of superstars to undertake this legendary journey with us. So much remains to be built, and we’d love for you to join us, if like us, you also have a burning desire to leave a dent in the universe.

The role

Ever imagined building a product with the potential to change the world forever?

We’re looking for experienced, product oriented , practical and creative engineer with an extremely strong background in software engineering and AI (particularly NLP ).

Your work will ensure that Telescope will maintain its current trajectory and remains at the very cutting edge of AI.

We expect you be an independent thinker , who constantly thinks outside of the box, and invents daily on the behalf of our users.

We also expect to you to have a reputation for having a very strong understanding of software best practices and architecture.

You will

Build and maintain cutting-edge NLP based AI features such as AI chatbots, agents.

Stay up to date with the latest developments in AI and propose new solutions and features constantly.

Support building the recommender system at the core of our product.

You may be a fit for this role if you:

Have no respect for the status quo and want to leave a dent in the universe.

Have an extremely strong knowledge and experience of Python.

Worked in startups from early stage to growth, working on projects from proof-of-concept through to implementation.

Have very strong understanding of software best practices and architecture.

Hold yourself and others to an extremely high standard and always want to grow.

Results-oriented and not fond of outdated or unnecessary processes.

An independent thinker who sees things differently and takes pride in being able to solve problems in a creative way.

Thrive in a fast paced, collaborative startup environment.

Technical skills:

Required

High proficiency in Python, software architecture

Langchain, Langsmith

Good to have

Elasticsearch

AI Agents, RAG pipelines, Chain-of-Thoughts, evaluation methods

GCP, Terraform

Web scraping

Remote work, top-of-the-market pay, stocks, a world-class team, no stupid bureaucratic rules or processes, and all the resources you need to do your life’s best work.

How to apply

Send an email to with a link to your LinkedIn and/or your resume. We look forward to hearing from you.

You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description . – At Telescope, we’re always looking for extremely talented individuals. If you are crazy enough to think you can bring about a revolutionary change that benefits humankind, and want to do it by working intelligently, in a novel and creative way, with passion, and with integrity, we want to hear from you. Your talents and drive will stand out – and set you apart – especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns.