Cortea
Technology
FoundingProductEngineer
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“Founding Product Engineer at Cortea. Skills: Frontend, Backend, API development, Database modeling. Own features across stack. Work closely with design”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years engineering experience, Product mindset and ownership, React 18+ proficiency, TypeScript typing skills, Experience building APIs, Experience modeling relational databases
Nice to Have
PostgreSQL SQL skills, Understanding multi-tenant architectures, Indexing strategies, Migration management
What You'll Do.
Own features across stack
Work closely with design
Help evolve architecture
Ship user-facing features
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with product design; Collaborate with founders
Full Job Description
ABOUT US We’re Cortea, a Berlin startup transforming audits with AI. Manual, document-heavy audits waste expert time while demand keeps rising. Our AI-powered software and specialized AI agents remove the repetitive work so auditors can focus on judgment. Backed by top-tier VCs with >10m funding, with a working product and paying customers, we’re rapidly scaling. We value first-principles thinking, speed, trust, and kindness. We build side by side in our Berlin office. YOUR ROLE As our Founding Product Engineer, you’ll ship user-facing features end to end. You’ll focus on the frontend while comfortably building APIs and shaping database models. You’ll collaborate daily with product design and founders to turn complex audit flows into fast, elegant product experiences. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Own features across the stack: UI → API → data model → tests → rollout - Work closely with design to turn ideas into high-quality interfaces - Raise code quality with reviews, tests, and pragmatic performance work - Help evolve our architecture, tooling, and developer experience QUALIFICATIONS - 6+ years engineering experience - Strong product mindset and ownership Frontend - React 18+: Proficiency with modern React, hooks and concurrent features - TypeScript: Strong typing skills, generic patterns, and complex type manipulations Backend - APIs: Experience building production-level APIs - SQL: Experience modeling relational databases and implementing them Bonus - PostgreSQL: Strong SQL skills, specifically with PostgreSQL. Understanding of multi-tenant architectures, indexing strategies, and migration management No one checks every box. If you’re strong on the frontend and comfortable going down-stack, we want to talk. WHAT WE OFFER - High impact & growth: Front-row seat to scaling an AI startup with real ownership from day one - Mission-driven culture: First-principles thinking, bold ideas, and a supportive team - Attractive compensation: competitive salary + meaningful equity - Perso
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