Founding Engineer (Generalist)

Clera
Berlin, Germany
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Junior

Job location

Berlin, Germany

Tech stack

Backend
Front End Software Development

Job description

Our client is a Pre-Seed / Seed-stage startup with a strong founding team and notable angel backing. They are hiring a Founding Engineer to ship the first product and shape the engineering culture. Full-time, on-site in Berlin.

Requirements

  • 5+ years building production software, ideally at an early-stage startup
  • Strong generalist: comfortable across backend, frontend, and infra
  • High agency and tolerance for ambiguity
  • Track record of shipping fast without breaking the product long-term
  • Bonus: prior 0 to 1 product experience as an early engineer

Benefits & conditions

  • Ship the first version of the product end-to-end across stack
  • Make foundational architecture choices (language, infra, deployment)
  • Talk to early users and translate their problems into product
  • Set engineering culture: testing, code review, documentation
  • Help hire the next 3 to 5 engineers

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