Founding Engineer

About the Role

Join an early-stage team building AI software for enterprise procurement. You will own customer problems from discovery through production while helping shape the technical direction and engineering practices of the company.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salary and meaningful equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Berlin, Germany, working primarily in person with the team.

Responsibilities

Discover customer needs and deliver end-to-end product features across the frontend, backend, and infrastructure.; Build AI-enabled workflows and shared foundations for agent context, tool use, and evaluation.; Set architectural direction and make decisions that support performance, security, and developer experience.; Review AI-assisted code and improve product quality through frequent releases and user feedback.; Contribute to hiring, code review, and the team's engineering practices.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience building and shipping full-stack production software, with clear evidence of strong engineering ability and ownership.; Production experience with TypeScript and Python, including applications built with Next.js, familiarity with React, PostgreSQL or Supabase, and Vercel is relevant.; Hands-on experience with production LLM applications, retrieval systems, and embeddings, including trade-offs in latency, cost, and quality.; Experience designing reliable LLM workflows with evaluations, guardrails, and observability.; Strong frontend, backend, database, API, and infrastructure fundamentals, with experience shipping features frequently.; Startup or entrepreneurial product-building experience and the ability to work hands-on in a small team.; Experience with real-time data pipelines, data normalization, and enterprise integrations is valuable.; Procurement, ERP, or enterprise supply chain experience is a plus.