Company

Engineering

FoundingSoftwareEngineer

€105–150k ~AI est. Berlin, Germany FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Founding Software Engineer. Skills: LLM systems, Full-stack development, Scalable architecture. Partner with founders. Deliver user-centric solutions”

What You'll Achieve.

Scale product to millions of users

Industry & Context.

Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

CS fundamentals, Hands-on LLM experience, Startup/early-stage company experience, Ownership mindset

Nice to Have

Experience designing LLM evaluation frameworks, Experience implementing LLM evaluation frameworks

What You'll Do.

Partner with founders

Deliver user-centric solutions

Own end-to-end development

Design scalable architecture

Build agentic LLM systems

Incorporate tool-calling

Incorporate multi-step reasoning

Incorporate MCP protocols

Design LLM evaluation frameworks

Optimize LLM inference performance

Optimize cost efficiency

Develop motion graphics engine

Drive architectural decisions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with founders

Full Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE We're building an AI motion design platform and this is our founding engineering hire. You'll work closely with the founders to shape the technical foundation, own end-to-end development, and help scale a product designed to empower millions of users with fast, high-quality animations. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Partner with the founders to deliver user-centric product solutions from concept to production. - Own end-to-end development of full-stack features with scalable architecture design. - Build and optimize agentic LLM systems incorporating tool-calling, multi-step reasoning, and MCP protocols. - Design comprehensive LLM evaluation frameworks with automated benchmarks, human-in-the-loop validation, and A/B testing. - Optimize LLM inference performance, cost efficiency, and latency across multiple model architectures. - Develop a high-performance motion graphics engine. - Drive architectural decisions that support scalable growth to millions of users. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Strong CS fundamentals. - Hands-on experience building or integrating large language models (LLMs), tool-calling, multi-step reasoning, and MCP protocols. - Experience designing and implementing LLM evaluation frameworks with automated benchmarks, human-in-the-loop validation, and A/B testing. - Demonstrated ability to deliver end-to-end full-stack features with scalable architecture. - Startup/early-stage company experience with an ownership mindset. - Proficiency with the full tech stack: TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, PostgreSQL, GCP, AWS. - Proficiency in optimizing LLM inference performance, cost efficiency, and latency across multiple model architectures. LOCATION Berlin, Germany (office-based)

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