Founding Engineer
Summary
Founding engineer at an early-stage AI startup building enterprise automation tools using Python, FastAPI, LLM/VLM pipelines, and large-scale video data pipelines.
About the Role
This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage enterprise AI startup, sitting at the heart of the core product and technical infrastructure. You'll work directly alongside the founding team to build AI-powered automation tools that help enterprise customers offload repetitive, high-volume work — making a tangible impact from day one.
What You'll Do
Build and ship product features and technical tooling directly for enterprise customers.
Design and implement data pipelines to convert and aggregate large volumes (1,000+ hours) of video and other unstructured data into a data lake.
Integrate LLM and VLM pipelines into core product workflows.
Develop full-stack components using Python and FastAPI.
Collaborate with customer teams (including PE portfolio companies) to map existing processes and identify automation opportunities.
Enable scalable integrations to support land-and-expand customer growth strategies.
What We're Looking For
3+ years of full-stack engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
Strong proficiency in Python and hands-on experience building production-ready RESTful APIs with FastAPI in scalable systems.
Proven experience integrating, fine-tuning, and deploying LLMs and/or VLMs in production pipelines.
Deep experience designing and implementing data pipelines for large volumes of unstructured video data, including video analytics workflows.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, infrastructure, and deployment.
Prior experience at an early-stage startup with direct involvement in product and technical decisions.
Experience working directly with enterprise customers to understand workflows and drive automation solutions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable collaborating across small, cross-functional teams.
A founder-level mindset — high ownership, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to shape product direction.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: €80,000 – €120,000 per year, plus meaningful equity as a founding team member. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in Munich, Germany.
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