Full Stack Engineer
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About the role
Founding Full-Stack Engineer | AI Infrastructure Startup
Munich (Hybrid)
€70,000 – €90,000 + Equity
A VC-backed early-stage startup is building an AI-native operating system for one of Europe’s largest and most inefficient industries.
Today, billions are lost because critical project knowledge lives across PDFs, meeting notes, emails, and fragmented systems. Every major project starts from zero.
They’re solving that by building an AI co-worker that sits at the centre of complex operational workflows - turning scattered information into structured execution, proactive decisions, and compounding institutional memory.
The product is already live inside major large-scale infrastructure programmes with real operational consequences when things go wrong. Every deployment improves the system, creating a long-term moat competitors can’t easily replicate.
Backed by top-tier early-stage investors, including specialist funds with deep exposure to infrastructure, AI, and some of Europe’s strongest founder ecosystems.
The Role
This is a genuine founding engineer opportunity.
You’ll work directly with the founders and own major parts of the product from day one - helping define architecture, product decisions, and how AI should actually show up inside critical workflows.
Two major challenges:
1. AI-native workflow software, not chatbot wrapper
The goal isn’t another chat interface on top of documents.
It’s building software where AI operates through automation, background processes, alerts, workflows, and delegated execution - knowing when to act silently, when to recommend, and when humans should stay in control.
2. Extending agent systems all the way to the frontend
Agent infrastructure doesn’t stop at backend orchestration.
You’ll build frontend systems that handle streamed outputs, tool execution traces, partial renders, interruptions, and recovery flows as first-class product experiences - not UI afterthoughts.
Stack
TypeScript, Next.js, Vercel, Supabase (Postgres + vector search), modern LLM tooling, agent frameworks, observability tooling, and production-grade AI workflows.
Greenfield environment.
Strong tooling culture with dedicated AI experimentation budget per engineer.
What They’re Looking For
Strong full-stack engineering ability with excellent product instincts
You think from user pain ? product decision ? measurable outcome
Comfortable speaking with customers and understanding operational workflows
Fast execution without sacrificing reliability
Strong ownership mindset and comfort operating in ambiguity
You can prototype quickly, test assumptions, and improve based on real usage
Bonus points for startup experience, strong open-source work, AI systems, document understanding, or systems that replaced manual operational work
Level is flexible - they care more about exceptional people than rigid seniority labels.
English-speaking environment. German is helpful but not required.
Why Join
True founding engineer ownership
Direct access to founders and strategic decisions
Immediate production impact on high-value real-world problems
Strong equity package (0.5%–1.5%)
Fast learning curve with frontier AI systems
Hybrid setup: 3 days/week in central Munich office
Clear path into senior IC or future leadership roles depending on your strengths
Interview Process
Technical first stage + Founder conversation
Final onsite case study in Munich (2-4 hours prep)
Decision within 24–48 hours
Compensation
This Full-Stack Engineer role pays $70k-$90k/yr. Within typical range for full-stack engineer roles in Germany.
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