Founding Engineer

About the RoleThis is a rare opportunity to join a small, high-conviction team building purpose-built AI agents for the sea and air freight industry. As a Founding Engineer, you will sit at the intersection of customer discovery, product strategy, and hands-on engineering. You'll help transition the product from demo-stage to a scalable, production-grade platform — and play a direct role in shaping the company's technical and strategic direction from the ground up.The company is an early-stage B2B SaaS startup in the freight and logistics technology space, developing an AI operating system that automates operational workflows — such as rate requests, bookings, and exception handling — for top-tier freight forwarders. The platform integrates with existing industry systems and continuously improves with every shipment processed.Work arrangement: Hybrid — Berlin, Germany. Visa sponsorship is available.What You'll DoLead customer conversations, deeply understand user pain points, and translate insights into concrete product features and technical strategy.Design, build, and ship full-stack applications across the entire product surface area.Advance the product's AI capabilities — including LLM integrations, agent orchestration, and data pipelines.Drive the transition from MVP and demo-mode to scalable, high-quality production systems.Contribute to shaping product direction, engineering culture, and company strategy as an early team member.What We're Looking ForMust-haves:2+ years of software engineering experience.Full-stack development proficiency: Node.js, TypeScript, and React on the frontend/backend; Python for backend and ML-adjacent work.Hands-on experience with LLM design patterns, vector stores, and model fine-tuning.Proven track record designing, building, and deploying scalable products from MVP through production.Comfort leading customer conversations and distilling feedback into clear product requirements.Experience working in a startup or early-stage environment — you thrive with autonomy and ambiguity.Nice to have:Familiarity with the freight forwarding or broader logistics technology space.Experience integrating with enterprise systems (e.g. ERP, TMS, or carrier portals).Background at a high-calibre technology, consulting, or logistics-tech company.Compensation & BenefitsCompensation details are not publicly listed for this role. Equity participation is expected given the founding-team nature of the position. Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate.LocationBerlin, Germany — Hybrid working arrangement. Candidates should expect a regular in-person presence at the Berlin office.Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow