Technical Ex-Founder - London

About Flagright:

Flagright is an AI operating system for financial crime compliance used globally by Fortune 500 companies, large banks, fintechs, and fast growing startups. Flagright enables real-time risk detection, automated investigations, and intelligent decisioning, helping compliance teams operate at their full potential in the fight against financial crime.

We operate as a lean, high-performance team with high individual ownership and direct access to leadership.

Role overview:

Our Product team is at the core of Flagright’s innovation, building solutions that power real-time financial crime prevention. They turn complex customer needs into scalable, high-impact solutions that drive our mission forward.

We are hiring a Technical Ex-Founder to bring startup experience and technical leadership into our product team. You will combine hands-on work with strategic guidance, tackling Flagright’s most critical challenges while working closely with founders, engineers, and customers.

Technical Ex-Founders at Flagright are both strategic and execution-driven. You will focus on solving the hardest problems, improving product and operational excellence, and leveraging your experience to guide teams and accelerate innovation.

People who thrive at Flagright:

• Have been knocked down before and gotten back up

• Are resourceful—they figure things out with whatever tools are available

• Have strong opinions and can defend them

• Learn fast because they're hungry

• Want to work with no-BS people building something important

People who struggle here:

• Need extensive hand-holding

• View high expectations as “unreasonable”

• Actually prioritize work-life balance

• Can’t handle ambiguity or rejection

• Prefer consistent routine over fast-changing priorities

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to the overall operational excellence of the product by recommending and implementing best practices.

• Focus on the hardest problems at Flagright that you have competence and expertise in. This could be engineering work, customer relationships, processes and everything in-between.

• Offer specialized technical expertise and domain knowledge, assisting with specific challenges and initiatives as needed and determining the feasibility of concepts and projects.

• Identify product challenges, engage with customers, help build innovative solutions, and iterate on that.

• Provide strategic guidance to current founders, leadership teams, and technical staff based on past experience and insights gained during the startup journey.

• Leverage professional networks and industry connections to facilitate partnerships, collaborations, and business development opportunities that benefit the startup and its stakeholders.

Who we are looking for:

• Demonstrated success as a technical ex-founder in a startup environment, with a track record of innovation, leadership, and achievement.

• Proven ability to provide strategic guidance, solve complex problems, and drive results in dynamic and fast-paced environments.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are essential.

• Based in or near London with right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship not available)

Preferred experience

• Expertise in a relevant technical domain, such as software development, engineering, data science, and/or product management, with knowledge of industry tools, frameworks, and methodologies.

• A background in computer science, engineering, product design, marketing and/or related field.

• Experience in B2B SaaS or Enterprise sales processes.

• Understanding of anti-fraud, AML, and compliance domains.

• Ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements.

• Knowledge of data privacy regulations and practices related to handling sensitive financial information.

What we offer:

• Product with clear, real-world differentiation

• High-bar environment focused on execution, learning, and continuous improvement

• Get equity from day 1 at a Y Combinator startup

• Work alongside a highly competent, top-tier team, including professionals from Y Combinator, ex AWS, and Palantir

• Enjoy a low-bureaucracy environment, minimal meetings, and an asynchronous communications culture