Founding Engineer
- Salary
- €70,000 - €110,000 annually
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · Berlin
- Visa
- Sponsors visas
Open. First seen 7 October 2026.
About the role
About the Role
Join a small founding team building an AI-powered platform for private market operations. You will develop core product capabilities that help fund accounting teams automate data collection, reconciliation, and journal entry preparation, while working closely with customers to shape the product.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain core components of the platform, from integrations and backend services to user-facing product workflows.
- Develop and operate LLM-powered and agentic systems for financial operations workflows.
- Work directly with customers and design partners to understand their needs, shape the roadmap, and communicate product trade-offs.
- Help guide product direction and contribute to building the engineering team as the company grows.
- Deliver reliable, traceable workflows that support accounting and operational tasks.
What We're Looking For
- One to three years of professional software engineering experience, with strong computer science and engineering fundamentals.
- Proficiency in Python or TypeScript, including experience building production-grade backend APIs and services.
- Hands-on experience building, integrating, or operating LLMs and agentic systems in production.
- Experience with AI-native operations infrastructure or financial operations tooling is valuable.
- Knowledge of private markets workflows such as fund accounting, reporting, reconciliation, or treasury.
- Evidence of shipping a product, research project, side project, or open-source contribution, with the ability to work across the product lifecycle.
- Customer-facing experience and an entrepreneurial, from-scratch builder mindset are valued. A degree from a strong DACH or European university is helpful.
Compensation & Benefits
The salary range is €70,000 to €110,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available for Germany.
Location
This is an on-site role based in Berlin, Germany.
Other openings for this role
4 open postings for this role in Berlin, first posted 27 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 7 October 2026 – open (this posting)
- 4 October 2026 – open
- 1 October 2026 – open
- 27 September 2026 – open
Salary context
17 other open postings titled Founding Engineer state a salary: median EUR 80,000 to EUR 140,000 a year.
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