Founding Engineer (Full-Stack/AI)

About the Role

This is an early engineering hire at a logistics AI startup, joining a small, high-ownership team building technology that makes global freight forwarding operations autonomous. You will drive critical architecture decisions, ship full-stack features, and push AI capabilities forward, directly shaping the product and its technical direction from the ground up.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain the most critical parts of the core product end to end.
• Build reliable full-stack features that make users radically more efficient in their daily workflows.
• Evaluate, benchmark, and fine-tune AI capabilities to maximize domain accuracy and context.
• Continuously experiment with new model releases, frameworks, and agentic techniques in production.
• Ship promising approaches quickly and iterate based on data and user feedback.
• Navigate and improve large-scale legacy codebases to add structure and 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

• Founder-level drive, extreme ownership, and a results-oriented, autonomous work style.
• Around 2 to 3 years of professional experience, though strong projects or a relevant track record can substitute.
• Strong full-stack engineering ability with fluency across backend and cloud environments.
• Fluent in Python; familiarity with Go is a strong plus.
• Practical, hands-on experience with AI and ML systems: benchmarking, fine-tuning, integrating LLMs, and running experiments in production.
• Comfort engineering for scale, automating systems, and working in complex legacy codebases.
• Strong CS fundamentals, intellectual humility, and exceptional self-discipline.
• Prior startup or entrepreneurial experience is preferred.
• Enthusiasm for on-site work in Munich.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range

60,000 to 90,000 EUR annually. Equity participation via options is available for this early hire. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.