Founding Engineer
Job description
About the Role
This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage enterprise AI startup based in Munich, Germany. The company builds AI-powered automation solutions that learn from real human workflows and take over repetitive, screen-based tasks — freeing teams across industries like professional services, insurance, financial services, and customer support to focus on higher-value work.
You'll join on-site as a core member of a very small, high-intensity founding team, with significant ownership and direct impact on product and technical direction. This role is ideal for a builder who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and wants to shape a product from the ground up.
Visa sponsorship is available.
What You'll Do
Build and ship product features and core technical infrastructure for enterprise customers
Design and implement data pipelines to convert and aggregate large volumes of video (1,000+ hours) and other unstructured data into a data lake
Integrate LLM and VLM pipelines into production product workflows
Develop full-stack components using Python and FastAPI
Collaborate directly with enterprise customers (including PE portfolio company teams) to map processes and identify automation opportunities
Enable scalable integrations to support land-and-expand customer growth strategies
What We're Looking For
Must-haves (dealbreakers):
3+ years of full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production systems
Hands-on experience building production-ready RESTful APIs using FastAPI in scalable systems
Proven experience integrating, fine-tuning, and deploying LLMs or VLMs in production pipelines
Required:
Strong proficiency in Python for production systems
Experience designing and implementing data pipelines for large volumes of unstructured video data, including video processing and analytics workflows
Early-stage startup experience with direct involvement in product and technical decisions
Experience working directly with enterprise customers to map and automate business processes
Hands-on experience with infrastructure, cloud platforms, and deployment
Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating across small, cross-functional teams
Ability to operate as a founder-level contributor with high ownership — including shaping product direction
Nice to have:
Experience building scalable integrations and APIs for land-and-expand customer strategies
Experience with data aggregation and data lake architecture
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: €80,000 – €120,000 per year
Meaningful equity as a founding team member
Visa sponsorship available
Location
This role is on-site in Munich, Germany. Candidates must be willing and able to work from the Munich office full-time. Remote work is not available for this position.