Headquarters: MyDataValue
URL: https://www.mydatavalue.com/
£70k – £90k • 0.5% – 2.0% • Fully Remote
- Must be UK based
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 £100k ARR, growing month-on-month and have investment from angels. 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.
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-engineer 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 complex logic.
Frontend (Light): We use React/Tailwind. You don't need to be a frontend expert, but you should be willing to tweak the UI when needed.
One founder is in Leeds, the other in London. We'd like to meet up occasionally to brainstorm & speed up onboarding in person.
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, so 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
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 year 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.
