Founding Engineer
Company hidden until unlock
- Seniority
- Lead Manager
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Location
- Berlin
- Posted
- 5d ago
typescriptpythonreactnode.jsllm
Company hidden until unlock
ABOUT THE ROLE This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI startup building purpose-built automation for the sea and air freight industry. You'll sit at the intersection of product, engineering, and customer success — working directly with customers, shaping strategy, and writing the code that takes the product from demo to production scale. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Lead customer conversations, surface insights, and translate them into concrete product features and technical direction. - Design and build full-stack applications, pushing the AI capabilities of the platform forward. - Drive the transition from prototype and demo mode to scalable, production-ready systems. - Shape the product roadmap, engineering culture, and broader company direction from the ground up. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications. - Full-stack development skills: Node.js, TypeScript, and React on the frontend; Python on the backend. - Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning. - Proven ability to design, build, and deploy scalable products from MVP through to production. - Comfort leading customer conversations and turning feedback into well-defined product requirements. - Experience in startup or early-stage environments where ownership and initiative matter. - Familiarity with vector databases or semantic search implementations is a plus. LOCATION Hybrid — primary office in Berlin, Germany. Visa sponsorship is available.