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Founding Product Engineer

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About this role

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the engineering team at a seed-stage AI communications company as a Founding Product Engineer. You will own customer-focused product features from early discovery through production, helping businesses across Europe automate phone-based customer interactions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Take features from initial hypothesis and prototype through architecture, implementation, and production release.
  • Develop and test product hypotheses through rapid experiments and lightweight prototypes.
  • Work regularly with customers, partners, and Sales to identify real user problems.
  • Build tracking and use relevant metrics to evaluate outcomes and guide product decisions.
  • Develop across the stack and make pragmatic technical choices that balance validation with future scalability.
  • Take ownership of initiatives and move them forward with limited oversight.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • At least three years of product engineering experience delivering software features end to end, ideally in a startup environment.
  • Full-stack experience with Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and React.
  • Experience owning software from architecture and implementation through production release.
  • German proficiency at B2 level or above and fluent English communication skills.
  • A strong product mindset, customer focus, and comfort using data to support decisions.
  • Experience integrating large language models or building AI-powered features is an advantage.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Annual compensation is €80,000 to €120,000, with equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

This is a remote-first role based in Germany, with working-hour overlap in CET.

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