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Founding Engineer

Getclera — Germany · Posted ~1 hour ago

Lead Full-time Visa History ✓

Skills

full-stack development Node.js TypeScript React Python LLM design patterns software architecture production software development LLM vector databases

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

An early-stage founding engineer role at an AI-focused startup serving a specialized business industry. You will combine customer discovery with hands-on full-stack development, building applications with Node.js, TypeScript, React, and Python while applying LLM patterns. You will turn prototypes into production systems and help shape the roadmap, architecture, and technical direction.

Highlights

Founding engineering opportunity with substantial influence over product direction, technical architecture, roadmap, and company strategy, combining customer interaction with hands-on AI and full-stack development.

Description

About The Role This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI startup building purpose-built automation tools for the freight forwarding industry. You'll sit at the intersection of customer engagement and hands-on development, helping shape both the product and the company's technical direction from the ground up. What You'll Do Lead customer conversations and translate insights directly into product features and technical strategy. Design and build full-stack applications while advancing the product's AI capabilities. Transition prototypes and demos into scalable, production-ready systems. Contribute to shaping the product roadmap, technical architecture, and overall company direction. What We're Looking For 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications. Full-stack development experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and React on the frontend, and Python on the backend. Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning. Proven track record taking products from MVP to production-grade scale. Comfortable leading customer conversations and translating feedback into clear product requirements. Experience working in startup or early-stage environments. Familiarity with vector databases or semantic search implementations is a plus. Location Hybrid — Berlin, Germany. Visa sponsorship is available.