Founding Product Engineer

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a founding-level product engineering role on a small, high-ownership Engineering team at a fast-growing AI voice assistant startup serving SMEs across Europe. You will take end-to-end responsibility for features, from initial hypothesis through production release, working closely with customers, partners, and Sales to deliver measurable value.

WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own features end-to-end, from discovery and prototyping through production deployment. - Lead product discovery by forming and rapidly testing hypotheses with lightweight experiments. - Maintain close, recurring contact with customers and partners to surface real pain points. - Design and implement tracking to gather the metrics that drive data-informed decisions. - Build across the full stack, driving architecture choices from implementation to release. - Prioritize pragmatic solutions that balance immediate validation with long-term scalability. - Take radical ownership of initiatives and move them forward independently.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 3 years of product engineering experience delivering features end-to-end in a startup environment. - True full-stack proficiency across Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, and React. - Experience owning software from architecture and implementation through production release. - Native-level or B2+ German proficiency, essential for supporting a German-language product. - Fluent English for day-to-day team communication. - Deep product mindset with a focus on customer value, not just shipping code. - Comfort extracting and arguing from data, with hands-on experience setting up product metrics. - Experience integrating large language models or building AI-powered features is a strong advantage. - Experiment-driven, pragmatic approach and ability to work autonomously in a remote-first environment. - Availability with overlap in Central European Time (CET).

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Salary range: EUR 80,000 to EUR 120,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Fully remote, with required overlap in CET. Primary location is Germany; an optional office in Vienna, Austria is available for those who want it.