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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Founding Engineer - **Company:** SANOVIO - **Location:** München, Germany - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** €10,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Github, Node.Js, Software Maintenance, Software Systems, TypeScript, Unstructured Data, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Front End Software Development, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** July 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=67885908f4ff0a75 ## About the Role This is a fast-paced, hands-on role for engineers with high agency, strong technical depth, and a founder mindset. We're looking for a full-stack generalist with a strong frontend affinity. You excel at designing user flows and implementing them in React and TypeScript, while owning outcomes end-to-end across backend, data, AI-enabled workflows, and cloud deployment. You thrive amid uncertainty and incomplete requirements, move quickly, and still care deeply about architecture, clean code, and long-term quality. If you are a passionate builder who thrives at the intersection of full-stack development and AI, this is your opportunity to work closely with the founders, shape the product, and help us scale toward €10M ARR in 2026., We are looking for stellar engineers with a strong background in full-stack software engineering and AI, and the potential to grow and lead teams in the future. 3-5 years of experience is a plus, but we hire for skill, ownership, and output. General Profile * Generalist engineer with a frontend affinity, capable of building across backend, data, and AI * End-to-end product ownership, driving ideas from concept to customer-ready production * Proactive execution in ambiguous environments, turning unclear requirements into shipped software * High-speed delivery paired with a focus on clean code and scalable architecture * Close iteration with users and clients, including collaboration across different cultures * Strong problem-solving ability and fast adoption of new technologies * Motivation to build excellent software in a fast-paced startup environment * Willingness to work in-person in Munich with a higher intensity than a traditional 9-5 role Technical skillset * Strong experience with full-stack software engineering, especially React and TypeScript, with excellent understanding of constructing user flows * Solid backend engineering skills, ideally with Node.js, and experience designing APIs and data model * Proven track record of architecting and building production-grade software systems * Cloud and DevOps experience with Docker * AI experience is a plus, especially embeddings and retrieval, structured outputs and tool calling, evals, and agentic workflows beyond prompt engineering Leadership and communication * You naturally take responsibility and enjoy leading * You're one of the strongest engineers in the team and make everyone else better * Everyone can come to you for advice on how to fix their hardest problems * You communicate clearly and are credible with technical stakeholders and clients Bonus if you * Can share a portfolio of projects, shipped products, or a GitHub with meaningful work * Have built workflow-heavy B2B products, internal tools, or operations software * Have experience scaling systems from early usage to larger production workloads * You are business proficient in Chinese ## Description As a Founding Engineer at SANOVIO, you will play a key role in building the AI-powered procurement infrastructure that tackles one of the biggest and most complex cost problems in European healthcare., * Owning end-to-end product workflows, from frontend UX to backend systems, data pipelines, and edge cases * Building world-class frontend experiences in React and TypeScript alongside scalable, reliable backend systems * Designing and owning AI-enabled systems, including embeddings, retrieval, and agents that create real operational leverage * Developing and operating data pipelines for large-scale unstructured data * Making pragmatic technical decisions on architecture, tools, and frameworks to balance speed and quality * Deploying, running, and maintaining software in cloud environments with a "you ship it, you run it" mindset * Writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with scalable, reusable components and APIs * Collaborating across the stack and raising the engineering bar through reviews, mentoring, and technical leadership ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Top 10 Startups in Munich in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/184-top-10-startups-in-munich-in-2023) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers)