Founding Engineer
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About the role
About the Role
This is a founding engineering position at a YC-backed enterprise AI startup building agents that automate the connection, migration, and implementation of complex enterprise systems. You will join a small team at a stage where your decisions shape the architecture, and you will own critical infrastructure that runs directly against production ERP and financial systems at real companies.
What You'll Do
Design and build the agent core: the planning, execution, and self-healing loops that turn natural-language integration descriptions into production-grade data movement.
Own systems end to end, including connectors, the transformation engine, execution runtime, the web app, the SDK, and the MCP server.
Pick up the highest-leverage problem each week and ship it, without a ticket queue or a fully formed spec.
Work directly with customers when technical issues or feature requests touch your work, turning those conversations into product insight.
Set the engineering bar and coding patterns that the next ten engineers will follow.
What We're Looking For
2+ years of experience building and operating production software systems.
Strong proficiency in TypeScript with demonstrated experience building full-stack applications end to end.
Proficiency in at least one additional language such as Python, Go, or C.
Experience integrating with or implementing enterprise systems such as ERP, CRM, or data warehouse platforms.
Solid technical judgment on reliability, scalability, and failure modes for critical infrastructure.
Experience working directly with customers on technical implementations or support.
Experience building or contributing meaningfully to open source projects.
Strong CS fundamentals, whether from a top technical university or demonstrated through competitive programming or strong internships.
Background in an early-stage startup or similarly high-growth, high-ownership environment.
Experience with data migration, ETL, or system integration is a plus.
Familiarity with LLM or agent tooling is a plus.
Clear, confident communication, both with teammates and with customers.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: 90,000 to 150,000 EUR annually. Equity is available. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, five days per week. Relocation is expected if you are not already based there.
Description as published by Clera.
