Founding Engineer
- Visa sponsorship available
Founding Engineer for an enterprise AI startup in Munich, on-site, requires 3+ years full-stack experience, Python/FastAPI, LLM/VLM integration, data pipelines, visa sponsorship available, salary €80k-120k.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage enterprise AI startup based in Munich, Germany. The company builds AI-powered automation solutions that learn from real human workflows and take over repetitive, screen-based tasks — freeing teams across industries like professional services, insurance, financial services, and customer support to focus on higher-value work.
You'll join on-site as a core member of a very small, high-intensity founding team, with significant ownership and direct impact on product and technical direction. This role is ideal for a builder who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and wants to shape a product from the ground up.
Visa sponsorship is available.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build and ship product features and core technical infrastructure for enterprise customers
- Design and implement data pipelines to convert and aggregate large volumes of video (1,000+ hours) and other unstructured data into a data lake
- Integrate LLM and VLM pipelines into production product workflows
- Develop full-stack components using Python and FastAPI
- Collaborate directly with enterprise customers (including PE portfolio company teams) to map processes and identify automation opportunities
- Enable scalable integrations to support land-and-expand customer growth strategies
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Must-haves (dealbreakers)
- 3+ years of full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production systems
- Hands-on experience building production-ready RESTful APIs using FastAPI in scalable systems
- Proven experience integrating, fine-tuning, and deploying LLMs or VLMs in production pipelines
Required
- Strong proficiency in Python for production systems
- Experience designing and implementing data pipelines for large volumes of unstructured video data, including video processing and analytics workflows
- Early-stage startup experience with direct involvement in product and technical decisions
- Experience working directly with enterprise customers to map and automate business processes
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure, cloud platforms, and deployment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating across small, cross-functional teams
- Ability to operate as a founder-level contributor with high ownership — including shaping product direction
Nice to have
- Experience building scalable integrations and APIs for land-and-expand customer strategies
- Experience with data aggregation and data lake architecture
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Base salary: €80,000 – €120,000 per year
- Meaningful equity as a founding team member
- Visa sponsorship available
LOCATION
This role is on-site in Munich, Germany. Candidates must be willing and able to work from the Munich office full-time. Remote work is not available for this position.