Founding Engineer

Founding Engineer

Munich (Hybrid)

Earlystage AI SalesTech Startup

€85–100k base + equity

Build the Product That Removes the Bottleneck.

A profitable AI startup in Munich is hiring its first senior engineer to work directly with the founder.

The product is live, generating revenue, and used by real enterprise customers.

~$500k ARR, growing with strong pipeline and repeatable sales.

Impressively achieved this completely bootstrapped

The current bottleneck is engineering bandwidth. This is a true founding role.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and build the core platform across frontend, backend, and infrastructure
• Act as a technical sparring partner to the founder on product and architecture decisions
• Take features from idea → production with high velocity
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability as usage grows
• Fix core bottlenecks and unblock product development
• Shape engineering standards, tooling, and ways of working
• Contribute to long-term technical direction and future team build-out

Tech Stack

• Next.js / Node.js (core focus)
• Python (AI / supporting workflows)
• Modern web architecture (cloud, APIs, infra)

Strong product engineering and web fundamentals matter more than specific tools.

You Should Have

• Strong full-stack / web engineering fundamentals
• Experience in early-stage or high-ownership environments
• Ability to ship quickly and make pragmatic decisions
• Product mindset - care about UX, not just code
• Comfort working directly with founders in a fast-moving setup
• Experience using AI tools in your development workflow

Bonus

• Experience with AI products, LLM APIs, or conversational systems
• Eye for design / UX
• Interest in building scalable SaaS platforms from scratch

Culture

• Founder-led, product-obsessed team
• High ownership, low bureaucracy
• Fast iteration and direct impact
• Hybrid in Munich (in-person collaboration valued)

If you want real ownership in a profitable startup and the chance to shape the product and company from the ground up, this is it.