Founding Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join an early-stage freight technology team building AI-powered products for sea and air freight operations. This hands-on role combines customer engagement with full-stack engineering, helping shape product and technical direction while taking solutions from demos to production-ready systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead customer conversations and turn operational insights into product features and technical strategy.
• Design and build full-stack applications using the team's web and backend technologies.
• Advance AI capabilities through practical LLM patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning.
• Move prototypes and demos toward scalable, reliable, high-quality production products.
• Make thoughtful architecture decisions suited to an early-stage environment.
• Help shape the product, technology, and company direction.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications.
• Full-stack experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React, plus backend development with Python.
• Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning; experience with vector databases or semantic search is relevant.
• Broad product engineering experience across the application stack, including designing, building, and deploying products from MVP through production.
• Ability to lead customer conversations and translate feedback into product requirements.
• Experience in a startup or early-stage environment and sound judgment about balancing speed, quality, and architecture.

COMPENSATION

& BENEFITS Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION Hybrid, based in Berlin, Germany. Candidates must be willing to work from Berlin or relocate there.