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