Job Description

The way companies innovate is broken.

The systems built to create and protect ideas can't keep up with the pace of change. Today,

90% of S&P 500 company value is intangible (e.g., IP)

-- yet R&D and IP teams spend

half their time buried in manual work

, sifting through patents and paperwork instead of pushing the frontier forward. The tools of creating and protecting are stuck in the past.

We're here to fix that.

Ankar is building the

AI Platform for the Trillion Dollar Innovation Economy

-- a suite of tools that helps inventors

explore, create, and protect

ideas

. We're removing the friction from the invention process,

starting with IP protection and expanding toward creation and exploration

.


We're already seeing this vision come to life:

Achieved $1M+ ARR

, with 75% of this coming in the last 5 months

Loved by F500 companies & top law firms

, with 60% of new business from word-of-mouth

Assembled a world-class team from Palantir, Amazon, and BCG

to tackle to next frontier of invention creation and creation expanding into a $1T+ market

Raised 3m from Index Ventures

, founder of Hugging Face, CEO of Datadog, and product leaders from DeepMind and OpenAI.

We're now expanding the team and looking for builders who want to own ambitious projects autonomously, solve impactful & complex problems, and do their best work at Ankar.

What you'll be doing

Build out a first-class platform.

You'll be driving software development in a high-ownership environment with our team of experienced software engineers. You'll be working across the full product space, from building data pipelines to creating a user experience our customers love. You'll grow and learn at a fast pace by building.

Ship product at high velocity.

Momentum is a defining feature of Ankar, as we work on a one-week sprint basis. We are the ideal place for builders who get energy from seeing the impact your work has on real customers as we iterate with our users each week.

Create impact at the frontier of AI.

We're on a mission to solve the biggest challenges faced by inventors using LLMs and cutting edge software.

What we are looking for

High agency and criticality.

You own your work, approach problems critically, and take pride in what you build. We believe this is the best way to for you to grow and for the product to succeed. We create the environment to help you thrive as an owner.

Thrives in a fast-paced & ambiguous environment.

You work quickly and iteratively. We work in one-week sprints to ensure we are delivering value and and leading the market.

Passion for Software Engineering and AI.

You've deployed personal AI projects, contributed to open-source projects, or undertook software engineering and AI internships.

What else you might want to know

Our stack:

Java, Python, Elastic, Postgres, React, Typescript

Location:

Hoxton Square, London (we operate an office first policy with flexibility)

Contract

: Full-time

Compensation:

We pay competitive salaries and will reward you with a substantial equity package under the tax-efficient EMI scheme.

Hiring process:

(1) 30min introductory chat, (2) 1hr technical interview, (3) 2.5hr on-site. The process can be as fast you want it to be.

Visa sponsorship:

Yes

Learn more about our team and our ambitions here.