Founding Engineer

Berlin | Permanent

€100,000 – €160,000

Industry

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain

About the company

We’re working with a Berlin-based AI startup building agentic software to automate complex industrial procurement and supply-chain workflows. Backed by more than €5M in early-stage funding, the company is focused on solving real, deeply embedded industrial problems rather than surface-level automation.

The product integrates directly into existing enterprise systems and takes ownership of repetitive, high-volume tasks across procure-to-pay. Its core differentiator is the use of AI agents that can reason across fragmented data, tools, and processes, effectively operating as an autonomous layer within procurement teams. The result is reduced cost leakage, lower operational risk, and meaningful efficiency gains in one of the most cost-critical functions of industrial businesses.

About the role

This role exists to eliminate operational drag in procurement and supply-chain operations that are still heavily manual, fragmented, and brittle. As a Founding Engineer, you’ll work from first principles to build agentic systems that reason over messy enterprise data, extract and act on documents, and automate end-to-end workflows with industrial-grade reliability.

You’ll own problems end to end, shipping quickly while maintaining high standards around security, data integrity, and ERP integrations. The work involves turning fragile, human-driven processes into durable, scalable software, with fast feedback loops from real customers and clear responsibility for outcomes.

Perks:

  • Competitive compensation with meaningful equity and real ownership
  • High-impact role with responsibility from day one
  • AI-first, builder-focused environment with a strong bias to ship and learn
  • In-person by design: Berlin-Mitte office, ambitious team, low-ego culture
  • 28 days of vacation plus flexibility when needed

Requirements:

  • Experience working with React on the frontend
  • Strong backend experience with Python
  • Hands-on experience working with LLMs and AI-driven systems
  • Comfortable owning problems end to end in early-stage environments
  • Strong problem-solving skills applied to complex, real-world workflows

Sounds good?

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Hugo Douglas-Freeman

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Berlin-based recruiter helping pre-seed to Series A founders hire product-minded engineers