Founding Engineer

About the Role

We're an early-stage, AI-first startup automating operations for the global freight forwarding industry — think quoting, booking, customs, and invoicing, all handled by AI. Backed by a world-class accelerator and unicorn founders, we're building the infrastructure to make international logistics truly autonomous.

As a Founding Engineer (Full-Stack/AI), you'll join the core engineering team on-site in Munich and own the most critical parts of our product from day one. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for someone who thinks and acts like a founder — you'll shape architecture, ship full-stack features, and push the frontier of applied AI in a real production environment.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end design, development, and maintenance of the product's most critical components.

• Build reliable full-stack features that make users radically more efficient in their daily workflows.

• Evaluate, benchmark, and fine-tune AI/LLM capabilities to maximize domain accuracy and contextual understanding.

• Continuously experiment with new model releases, frameworks, and agentic techniques directly in production.

• Ship promising approaches quickly and iterate based on data and real user feedback.

• Navigate and improve large-scale legacy codebases, adding structure and long-term scalability.

• Engineer infrastructure and automation to support heavy data and AI workloads.

• Collaborate closely with founders and teammates as a hands-on, high-ownership contributor.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Founder-level drive, adaptability, extreme ownership, and a results-oriented, autonomous work style.

• Strong full-stack engineering experience with fluency across backend and cloud environments.

• Fluent in Python; familiarity with Go is a strong plus.

• Practical, production experience with AI/ML systems: benchmarking, fine-tuning, integrating LLMs, and running live experiments.

• Comfort engineering for scale, automating systems, and working within complex legacy codebases.

• Strong CS fundamentals, intellectual humility, and exceptional self-discipline.

Nice to Have:

• 2–3 years of professional engineering experience (strong personal projects or other demonstrated track record also welcome).

• Prior startup or entrepreneurial experience.

• Background or interest in logistics, freight forwarding, or supply chain technology.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: €60,000 – €90,000 annually, depending on experience.

• Equity: Meaningful early-stage options (up to ~1.5%).

• Opportunity to shape the technical direction and culture of a fast-moving, well-backed startup from the ground floor.

Location

• On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. This role requires full-time presence in our Munich office.

• Visa sponsorship is not available — candidates must already have the right to work in Germany.