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# Founding Lead Software Engineer - Backend

- **Company:** Agenta AI
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), MongoDB, Open Source Technology, Next.js, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Vertica, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5889604144

## About the Role

* You have 5+ years of experience in software development and broad knowledge in various technologies (AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes…).
 * Python is your second language
 * You're a 10x Engineer, considered a top engineer in your previous roles.
 * You possess excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.

Bonus Points:

 * Experience in founding a startup or working in an early-stage startup.
 * Experience in ML and building LLM applications.
 * DevOps or infrastructure experience.
 * Some frontend development knowledge (React, NextJS).

## Description

About the Role:As our fourth engineering hire, you will have full ownership over major product features. You will play a significant role in shaping our engineering team's culture and work closely with the founders.
Our Stack:Our backend uses Python+FastAPI, with MongoDB (and potentially Clickhouse) for our database. We use NextJS+React for our frontend and manage deployments with Kubernetes and Docker Compose for management. Our stack primarily runs on AWS using Terraform. You can check out our code at https://github.com/Agenta-AI/agenta
Why Join Us:

 * Your work will significantly impact our customers.
 * You will help build the company and product's foundation.
 * There are massive growth opportunities, not only technically but also professionally.
 * Public work exposure through contributions and collaborations on open-source projects.

Sample Projects for the First Few Months:

 * Designing a scalable observability architecture for tracing LLM calls and integrating it with OTel.
 * Optimizing and enhancing the latency of our observability dashboard for analytics.
 * Improving the design of our SDK for prompt management.