Founding Engineer

Global-Talent-Exchange

Munich
Full time
2 - 5 Yrs
Job Openings: 1

Required Skills:

Next.js

Python

Fastapi

Supabase

Postgres Sql

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Next.js

Python

FastAPI

Supabase

Postgres

Render

The role

This is Technical Hire #1 for an AI startup already at ~$400K ARR before their first raise. The product is live and serving paying customers. Now the focus shifts to building scalable, multi-tenant infrastructure capable of supporting thousands of clients. This is a foundational engineering role with a clear track to CTO, depending on experience and impact.

What you’ll do

  • Architect and scale the core platform for high uptime and growth
  • Re-structure and harden existing infrastructure for multi-tenant scale
  • Own technical direction and long-term architectural decisions
  • Ship quickly and iterate with real customer feedback
  • Help define and hire the future engineering team

Requirements

  • Proven 0–1 or early-scale backend / systems experience
  • Strong systems thinking and infrastructure design capability
  • Experience shipping real production software (not just prototypes)
  • Comfortable operating independently in an early-stage environment
  • High ownership and agency

Nice to have

  • Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms
  • Background in AI-native products or developer tooling
  • Experience hiring or mentoring engineers

Why apply

  • Real revenue traction pre-funding
  • Active VC conversations
  • Foundational ownership from day zero
  • Meaningful equity with CTO track

About Company

Global-Talent-Exchange
https://globaltalex.com/
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10-20 Employees
Information Technology & Services