Founding Engineer

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.