Founding Engineer (Generalist)

About the role
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.

What you will do

• 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

What we are looking for

• 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

This role is presented by a recruiting partner. Company name shared after an initial conversation.