Founding Engineer

Want to build a product from zero to one? Interested in owning the technical foundation of a company from day one? Looking for a genuine early CTO-track role?

We're working with a fast-growing AI PropTech startup, founded in late 2024, operating across 5 regions in Germany. The business is already live and scaling - but the tech is at a turning point.

Today, operations rely on white-label tools and manual workflows. Having raised pre-seed, your mission is to build the internal engine that automates property management at scale.

This is a true founding engineer role - technical hire 1. You'll design and build the core backend and data backbone that connects portals, ERPs, vendors, and internal workflows - reducing manual work and unlocking growth.

Greenfield. High ownership. Real-world impact.

You'll work closely with the founders, lead key architecture decisions, and spend the first months hands-on as the sole engineer, before hiring and leading the team as the company scales.

• Proven experience building 0?1 systems (greenfield, real users, real constraints)
• Python, Typescript, or similar - Strong backend engineering and systems design capability
• Experience owning architecture and technical decisions end-to-end
• Comfortable working independently and pragmatically in an early-stage environment
• German at ~B2 level (to understand UI, workflows, and domain language), * Automation-first mindset (e.g. n8n, Make, integrations, APIs)
• Experience in workflow-heavy or operations-driven products
• Startup or scale-up background
• Exposure to cloud-native systems (stack is open and chosen by you)

You'll take ownership of:

• Designing and building the core data and automation engine
• Turning messy operational workflows into scalable systems
• Making build vs buy decisions and setting technical direction
• Laying the foundations for the future engineering team

If you're a builder who wants autonomy, influence, and a clear fast path to technical leadership - this role will excite you.