Founding Lead Engineer — AI & Workflow Automation
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Job description
A hands-on Lead Engineer role to build the first product from scratch for a new Founders Factory venture tackling Germany's labour-market challenge of finding, engaging and hiring skilled workers at scale, with the opportunity to become the venture's Technical Co-Founder.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Germany
- Languages
- German, English
What you'll do
- Build the first version of the product: from candidate acquisition and qualification to matching, follow-up and integrations into existing recruiting workflows
- Build independently from zero to working product
- Connect APIs, databases, messaging tools and third-party systems
- Ship LLM / AI-agent functionality to users
- Automate messy, real-world workflows
What we're looking for
- Strong full-stack engineer able to build independently from zero to working product
- Experience automating messy, real-world workflows
- Hands-on experience shipping LLM / AI-agent functionality to users
- Comfortable connecting APIs, databases, messaging tools and third-party systems
- Product-minded: you care about whether technology actually removes work and improves conversion
- High ownership and entrepreneurial ambition — whether as a founder, early engineer, freelancer or technical operator
- Familiarity with the DACH market; German strongly preferred
Nice to have
- Experience with recruitment or HR tech, ATS/CRM integrations, WhatsApp, voice AI, n8n/Make, matching systems, marketplaces or workflow-heavy SaaS
Your team
Venture Studio team
A hands-on Venture Studio team across product, engineering, growth, talent and fundraising
Benefits
Opportunity to build first, validate quickly and potentially step in as Technical Co-Founder of an independent venture-backed company
- Build the company from day one with capital and hands-on support from Founders Factory
- Work alongside an experienced venture team
- Access to our network of founders, operators, corporate partners and investors
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About Founders Factory
Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and leading companies.
Founded by experienced entrepreneurs, we combine early-stage capital with a hands-on Venture Studio team across product, engineering, growth, talent and fundraising.
Key facts
- Combines early-stage capital with a hands-on Venture Studio team
- Building a new venture tackling one of Germany's biggest labour-market challenges: how to find, engage and hire skilled workers at scale