founder and chief technical officer

David Joseph & Company

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Founding Engineer &mdash; Confidential (AI Startup, YC/a16z-Backed)</h2>
Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite, 5 days/week) 
Compensation: $180,000 &ndash; $225,000 base + 1.0% &ndash; 1.5% equity 
Visa Sponsorship: Available &mdash; visa transfers supported | Relocation support available 
Employment Type: Full-Time<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
About the Company</h3>
A well-funded AI startup building a new paradigm for software creation &mdash; using AI agents to autonomously create and operate specialized software products at scale. Founded in 2026, the company has raised $5.5M from a16z and other top-tier investors and is building out its founding engineering team of 5&ndash;7 engineers. The founding team has previously scaled companies to $20M ARR.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
The Role</h3>
This is a founding engineering role for a generalist full-stack engineer who loves building from zero. You will ship micro apps weekly to real users, encode your processes into increasingly automated workflows, and run rapid experiments with the founding team. All engineers report directly to the founder and CEO.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
What You'll Own</h3><ul><li>
Build and ship micro apps every week with real users, encoding your processes into increasingly automated workflows</li><li>
Work in close collaboration with the founding team</li><li>
Run rapid experiments and decisively double down on what works while cutting what doesn't</li></ul>
Tech stack: Full-stack, AI &mdash; Python, JavaScript, Kotlin, Go (flexible on language)<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Requirements</h3><ul><li>
1&ndash;5 years of software engineering experience building AI-driven products</li><li>
Experience shipping products or features from ideation to real users with significant traction</li><li>
Proficiency in agentic development &mdash; designing and building orchestration pipelines across multiple agents, tools, and services</li><li>
Full-stack proficiency with a backend focus</li><li>
Active user of modern AI tooling (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)</li><li>
At least one clear signal of excellence &mdash; hackathon wins, side projects with significant traction, impressive fellowships, YC founder background, etc.</li><li>
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field</li><li>
Must be based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Preferred</h3><ul><li>
Previous founder or early-stage startup experience &mdash; YC or a16z alum backgrounds a strong plus</li><li>
Degree from a top-tier university (Berkeley, Stanford, CMU, or equivalent)</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
This Role Is NOT For</h3><ul><li>
Pretraining or fine-tuning ML researchers &mdash; this is applied agentic engineering, not model training</li><li>
Pure Big Tech careers with no side project, startup, or scrappy chapter</li><li>
Candidates with a pattern of short tenures across multiple companies</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Interview Process</h3><ul><li>
Application review</li><li>
Intro screen (45 min) &mdash; technical depth, past projects, judgment, and founder fit</li><li>
Pair coding session (60 min) &mdash; live coding, no AI tools; CS fundamentals and algorithmic reasoning</li><li>
Onsite (~4 hours) &mdash; agentic coding session, system design, and behavioral/founder-fit conversation</li><li>
Offer</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Logistics</h3><ul><li>
Role is fully onsite in San Francisco (SoMa) &mdash; 5 days/week</li><li>
Relocation support available</li><li>
Visa sponsorship available</li></ul>
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph &amp; Co., the recruiting partner managing this search.</div>

Founding Engineer — Confidential

The Flex

<div>
 At The Flex, we believe renting a home should be as effortless as booking a ride.
 
 
 Our mission is ambitious: enable anyone to live anywhere, anytime, without friction.
 
 
 Powered by Base360.ai, our proprietary technology platform, we are building the operating system for modern renting&mdash;automating operations, connecting fragmented systems, and creating seamless experiences for guests, landlords, and operators across the world.
 
 
 We're looking for a Founding Software Engineer to help architect and build the technology that powers the future of The Flex.
 
 
 This is not a typical engineering role.
 
 
 You'll work directly with the founder, influence product strategy, make architectural decisions, and build systems that become the foundation of a global business.
 
 
 You'll have extraordinary ownership, responsibility, and impact from day one.
 
 
 What You'll Build
 
 
 As a Founding Software Engineer, you'll help create and scale Base360.ai&mdash;the technology platform that powers every aspect of The Flex.
 
 
 From AI-powered workflows and booking systems to operational automation and intelligent decision-making, you'll build products that directly impact revenue, efficiency, and customer experience.
 
 
 You won't just ship features.
 
 
 You'll create systems that replace manual work, unlock scale, and become a competitive advantage for the company.
 
 
 Your Mission
 
 
 Build Core Products
 
 
 Design, build, and launch the software that powers bookings, pricing, payments, operations, communications, and guest experiences.
 
 
 Architect the Platform
 
 
 Make key technical decisions and help define the long-term architecture of Base360.ai.
 
 
 Create Automation at Scale
 
 
 Develop workflows and systems that automate operational processes across multiple countries and thousands of stays.
 
 
 Leverage AI
 
 
 Build AI-powered tools, agents, and workflows that improve productivity, decision-making, and customer experience.
 
 
 Integrate the Ecosystem
 
 
 Develop and maintain integrations with platforms including Airbnb, Hostaway, Stripe, Twilio, Google, OpenAI, and other strategic partners.
 
 
 Move Fast
 
 
 Operate with urgency and ownership, turning ideas into production-ready solutions quickly and effectively.
 
 
 Solve Real Problems
 
 
 
 Work On Challenges Such As
 
 
 
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 Reservation synchronization
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 Dynamic pricing
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 Smart access management
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 Guest communication automation
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 Operational forecasting
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 Maintenance and cleaning automation
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 AI-powered alerts and monitoring
 </li>
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 Revenue optimization
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 Help Build the Company
 
 
 As one of the first engineers, your influence will extend beyond code. You'll help shape processes, culture, product direction, and the future engineering team.
 
 
 Tech Stack
 
 
 
 Our Current Stack Includes
 
 
 
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 Python
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 FastAPI
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 React
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 TypeScript
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 Supabase
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 PostgreSQL
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 AWS
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 OpenAI APIs
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 Stripe
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 Twilio
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 Docker
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 GitHub Actions
 
 
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 We care more about your ability to learn and build than your experience with any specific technology.
 
 
 What We're Looking For
 
 
 Must Have
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Strong software engineering fundamentals
 </li>
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 Experience building production-grade applications
 </li>
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 Strong understanding of APIs, databases, and system design
 </li>
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 Product mindset and customer obsession
 </li>
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 Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
 </li>
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 Strong problem-solving ability
 </li>
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 High level of ownership and accountability
 
 
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 Bonus Points
 
 
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 Startup experience
 </li>
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 Experience with AI products or LLM integrations
 </li>
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 Experience building SaaS products
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 Experience with FastAPI, React, AWS, or Supabase
 </li>
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 Marketplace, travel, or PropTech experience
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What Success Looks Like
 
 
 
 Within Your First Year
 
 
 
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 Critical company operations are automated through systems you've built
 </li>
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 Base360.ai becomes a core competitive advantage
 </li>
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 New products are shipped rapidly and reliably
 </li>
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 Engineering velocity increases significantly
 </li>
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 AI-powered workflows are embedded across the business
 </li>
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 The platform is ready to scale internationally
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 Why Join The Flex
 
 
 Massive Impact
 
 
 Your work will directly shape how thousands of people live, travel, and experience cities.
 
 
 Founding-Level Ownership
 
 
 You'll have significant influence over product, technology, and company direction.
 
 
 Build Alongside the Founder
 
 
 Work closely with leadership and help define the future of the business.
 
 
 Learn Faster
 
 
 Gain exposure to engineering, AI, product, operations, growth, and company-building.
 
 
 Performance-Based Rewards
 
 
 Competitive compensation with meaningful upside for exceptional contributors.
 
 
 Remote-First
 
 
 Work from anywhere. We care about results, not hours.
 
 
 This Role Is Not For You If
 
 
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 You're looking for a predictable corporate environment
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 You prefer maintaining systems rather than building them
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 You need constant direction and supervision
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 You avoid ownership outside your immediate responsibilities
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 You are uncomfortable with change, ambiguity, and rapid execution
 
 
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 If you're excited by building products, solving hard problems, leveraging AI, and helping create the operating system for modern renting, we'd love to hear from you.
 
 
</div>

Founding Software Engineer

Hinge

<div>
 
 
 Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 In today's digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we&rsquo;re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We&rsquo;re obsessed with understanding our users&rsquo; behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric&ndash; setting up great dates. With millions of users across the globe, we&rsquo;ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 About the Role
 
 
 
 
 &nbsp;
 
 
 
 The
 
 Head of Product &amp; Tech Operations
 
 is a high-impact leadership position designed to own and evolve the unified operating system of our Product and Technology organizations. Reporting directly to the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), you will be the primary architect of how we work, ensuring our teams are faster, clearer, and more effective at scale.
 
 
 
 &nbsp;
 
 
 
 This role merges Product and Tech operations into a single, coherent organization. Your mission is to eliminate organizational noise and duplication, allowing our functional leaders to focus on long-term strategy and innovation while you ensure the engine of the company runs with world-class precision.
 
 
 
 &nbsp;
 
 
 
 &nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Responsibilities
 
 
 <li>
 
 Own the Product &amp; Tech Operating System:
 
 Define, document, and continuously evolve the end-to-end Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as a single, integrated system
 </li>
 
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 Drive Execution Rigor &amp; Planning:
 
 Lead the annual and quarterly planning cycles, ensuring alignment across Product, Engineering, and Design. Force early visibility and resolution of misalignments between cross-functional teams before they impact delivery
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Lead Technical Program Management (TPM):
 
 Directly lead the TPM organization, overseeing the execution of complex, multi-team initiatives that are critical to the company&rsquo;s success
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 Operationalize Innovation:
 
 Create the framework that allows high-risk, long-term bets to coexist with immediate delivery pressure without diluting either
 </li>
 
 <li>
 
 AI Tooling Enablement:
 
 Drive the strategy for AI workforce enablement to ensure our teams are leveraging the latest technology to improve productivity. Own vendor management and the selection, implementation, and governance of the tooling stack used across the Product-Tech organization
 </li>
 
 
 
 
 
 What We're Looking For
 
 
 <li>
 
 Proven Leadership:
 
 Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in a senior leadership role within Product Operations, Engineering Operations, or Technical Program Management at a high-growth technology company
 </li>
 
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 Systems Thinking:
 
 A demonstrated ability to design complex organizational systems (PDLC/SDLC) that balance the need for discipline with the need for speed
 </li>
 
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 Strategic Execution:
 
 Experience leading large-scale annual and quarterly planning processes for organizations with hundreds of employees
 </li>
 
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 Change Management:
 
 Proven success in leading organizational transformations, merging teams, or redefining reporting structures and operating models
 </li>
 
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 Influence:
 
 Exceptional communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with C-suite executives and SVPs to drive alignment
 </li>
 
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 Forward-Thinking:
 
 Experience or a strong interest in AI workforce enablement and modernizing the developer/product manager experience through better tooling
 </li>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 As a member of our team, you&rsquo;ll enjoy:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 401(k) Matching:
 
 
 We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Professional Growth:
 
 
 Get an annual Learning &amp; Development stipend once you&rsquo;ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Parental Leave &amp; Planning:
 
 
 When you become a new parent, you&rsquo;re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fertility Support:
 
 
 You&rsquo;ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Date Stipend:
 
 
 All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates&ndash; Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ERGs:
 
 
 We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)&mdash;Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, R
 
 
 aices
 
 
 , Women/Nonbinary, Parents &mdash;that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization &amp; its community.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 At Hinge, our core values are&hellip;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Authenticity:
 
 
 We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Courage:
 
 
 We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Empathy:
 
 
 We deeply consider the perspective of others.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Diversity inspires innovation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please let your Talent Acquisition partner know.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 #Hinge
 
 
 
 
 .
 
 
 
 
 Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary range is reflective of a position based in New York City. This salary will be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.
 
</div>

Head of Product & Tech Operations

Voxquill

<div>I'm looking for our founding engineer!
 
The person who takes a live, paying fintech product and makes it truly ours.
We build receipt-and-proof automation for the self-employed: the app quietly finds your receipts (email, bank feeds, camera roll, texts), sorts them, matches them to your bank transactions, and produces accountant-ready exports. It's live on iOS and Android, it's SOC 2 certified, and people are paying for it. The model works.
I need one person who treats this codebase as theirs, ships fast, and owns the platform end-to-end. This is a founding engineer role with a real path to CTO.
Your first job is to take the keys.
 
Move the platform off the agency's Azure into ours, take custody of production, and the headline deliverable.
 
Build the automated test suite this codebase never had, with a CI/CD pipeline where a green build genuinely means &quot;safe to ship.&quot; Then you own the roadmap.
How we build matters as much as what we build.
 
We are not rebuilding an IT shop of tickets and manual QA.
 
Terrapin runs as an AI-native pod: Claude Code and agents do the repetitive work and produce tested, PR-ready changes; you own architecture, review, security, and the hard 20%.
 
AI gives you the velocity, your tests and pipeline are what keep that velocity from turning into breakage!
We want to ship multiple times a week and almost never break anything, and hold our SOC 2 line the whole way. If that model excites you rather than worries you, you're the person.
This is genuinely full-stack.
 
Strong .NET / C# backend on Azure, real ownership of infra, security, and DevOps, and polished mobile (React Native + Expo, iOS and Android); Because the app is the product. Testing isn't someone else's job here. It's the core discipline.
The kind of person whose teammates would describe as:<ul><li>
an owner, not a ticket-taker</li><li>
obsessive about shipping quality fast</li><li>
calm owning production for a product with real money moving through it</li><li>
someone who builds automation instead of doing the same thing twice</li><li>
security-minded by instinct, not as an afterthought</li></ul>
What you'd bring:<ul><li>
Senior+ .NET / C# backend, PostgreSQL, solid API design</li><li>
Real Azure ownership: App Services, networking, Key Vault, identity, CI/CD (Azure DevOps or similar)</li><li>
Strong React Native + Expo mobile, with genuine UI/UX taste</li><li>
Test automation and CI/CD as a way of life &mdash; you write the tests with the code</li><li>
Hands-on building with Claude Code / agent tooling, and doing it safely in a SOC 2 world</li></ul>
Bonus points: fintech / payments background, Plaid experience, or applied LLM work.
And the reason the right engineer will actually stay: receipts are just the wedge. We're building toward a verifiable, tamper-evident record of an economic event. Proof that banks, insurers, and AI agents can consume directly. Stripe is a payment rails. We're building proof rails.
You'd work directly with me every day &mdash; 18+ years in fintech and payments, two exits behind me &mdash; so you own the engineering but never carry the hard architecture, security, or product calls alone.
The details:
 
UK or EU-remote(temporarily), with solid overlap to UK hours and business trips.
We're genuinely open to strong candidates across both. Being open to relocating to the UK down the line is a plus, but not a day-one requirement.
 
Competitive base plus real founding-level equity.
One hard line: you build quality in through tests and CI/CD. We're deliberately leaving the manual-testing, hope-it-works world behind, and a dev who treats testing as optional isn't the hire. Everything else, we can talk about.
If you want founder-level ownership, a CTO trajectory, and an AI-native way of building, and owning a live fintech platform from week one lights you up, let's talk.
Apply and tell me about something you shipped that you're proud of, and one thing you broke and how you made sure it never happened again.</div>

Founding Engineer (Full Stack); Patch to CTO

CLERA

<div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">About the Role</h3>
We're an early-stage, AI-native startup building a procurement intelligence platform that connects category managers to real-time supplier data and enterprise systems. We're hiring a Founding Engineer to join our small product team on-site in Berlin.
This is a high-ownership role: you'll shape core product areas end-to-end, influence architecture and engineering culture, and ship iteratively with direct customer feedback. As one of the first engineers, you'll work closely with the founding team on major technical and product decisions &mdash; and help define what great engineering looks like as the team grows.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>
Own core product areas end-to-end, from AI agent orchestration to the UI that category managers use daily.</li><li>
Design reliable LLM workflows with evaluation loops, guardrails, and observability that work robustly in production.</li><li>
Build real-time supplier data pipelines, normalization layers, and integrations with enterprise ERP systems.</li><li>
Ship to production regularly and collaborate directly with customers to iterate on real feedback.</li><li>
Make full-stack architectural decisions focused on performance, security, and developer experience.</li><li>
Define engineering culture, tooling, and processes as the team scales.</li><li>
Contribute to the product roadmap alongside the founding team.</li><li>
Mentor teammates and grow toward an engineering leadership path.</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
What We're Looking For</h3>
Required:<ul><li>
Strong full-stack foundation with equal comfort across interfaces, back-ends, and the seam between them.</li><li>
Proficiency in TypeScript (front-end and back-end) and Python; experience with Next.js and modern API patterns.</li><li>
Hands-on experience designing and operating AI/LLM infrastructure &mdash; retrieval, embeddings, latency/cost/quality trade-offs, monitoring, and safety guardrails.</li><li>
Proven ability to build and ship SaaS products end-to-end in a startup environment.</li><li>
Experience building data pipelines, normalization, and integrations with enterprise systems.</li><li>
Domain knowledge in ERP, procurement, or related enterprise software.</li><li>
Builder mindset: you default to shipping, learning from users, and iterating fast.</li><li>
Comfortable with ambiguity &mdash; able to define what to build as well as how to build it.</li><li>
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work directly with customers and cross-functional teammates.</li></ul>
Nice to Have:<ul><li>
Prior experience in a founding or first-engineer role.</li><li>
Background in procurement, supply chain, or ERP/procurement software specifically.</li></ul>
Important: Candidates must be eligible to work in Germany without employer visa sponsorship. No visa sponsorship is available for this role.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Location</h3>
This is an on-site role in Berlin, Germany. You'll be working alongside the founding team in person day-to-day.<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Compensation &amp; Benefits</h3>
Compensation details will be discussed during the interview process. As a founding team member, you can expect a competitive package including meaningful early-stage equity.</div>

Founding Engineer

vivenu GmbH

<div><div>Redefine the future of live entertainment tech</div><div></div><div> 
Welcome to vivenu, the global leader in event ticketing tech and one of the world&rsquo;s fastest-growing live entertainment tech firms. We are transforming event ticketing for global leaders like the Grammys, the Golden Globes, Stanford University and the Hockenheimring turning what was once a simple transaction into a strategic business advantage. Backed by over $65 million in funding, our platform empowers event organizers to own their brand experience, unlock deep data insights, and seamlessly integrate ticketing into their digital infrastructure.</div><div></div><div> 
With six offices worldwide and growing, we deliver a customizable, intuitive solution and industry-leading support that simplify even the most complex ticketing challenges &ndash; helping organizers deliver exceptional experiences and drive real growth.</div><div></div><div> 
Join us and build the future of live entertainment.</div>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">As a Founders Associate (d/f/m) your responsibilities will include:</h3><div>
<ul><li>Act as the right hand to our CTO, bridging the gap between high-level business strategy and technical execution.</li>
<li>Own cross-functional projects, coordinate timelines, and ensure smooth communication between the tech team and business stakeholders.</li>
<li>Contribute to the optimization of internal technical processes, making engineering faster, more efficient, and more impactful</li>
<li>Collaborate closely with Product, Tech, Customer Success and other teams to align cross-functional technical efforts</li>
<li>Take ownership of projects end-to-end, ensuring they move from planning to measurable outcomes</li>
<li>Serve as a strategic sounding board for the CTO, preparing presentations, tracking KPIs, and handling operational day-to-day challenges.</li>
</ul></div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">What you will need to succeed in this role:</h3><div>
<ul><li>A background in Business Informatics (Wirtschaftsinformatik), Information Management, or a Business/Economics degree with a strong, demonstrable passion for technology.</li>
<li>The ability to read high-fly code and a solid grasp of how modern software, APIs, and databases work&mdash;you won't be writing production code, but you must confidently speak the language of our engineering team.</li>
<li>Strong cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to act as a seamless translator between software engineers, product managers, and commercial stakeholders.</li>
<li>An analytical, outcome-oriented mindset with the ability to take abstract ideas or messy data and turn them into structured, measurable project plans.</li>
<li>High organizational skills and the proactive drive to own projects end-to-end in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.</li>
<li>Reliability and discretion, making you a trusted strategic sparring partner capable of handling executive-level presentations, KPIs, and operational day-to-day challenges.</li>
</ul></div><div>Why join vivenu?</div><div></div><div> 
Live Entertainment Tech</div><div>
Play a mission-critical role for global brands, redefining fan experiences from festivals to major sports events. Here, you&rsquo;re part of the business of fun &mdash; powered by cutting-edge technology that brings moments to life for millions.</div><div></div><div> 
Sustainable Growth</div><div>
We scale sustainably on a profitable, VC-backed foundation with true product-market fit. This means continuous investment in our people, products, and long-term vision.</div><div></div><div> 
Top-tier Team</div><div>
Collaborate with over 160 dedicated professionals, including leaders from Google, Slack, and Salesforce. Together, we&rsquo;re shaping the future of live entertainment technology, one decision at a time.</div><div></div><div> 
Global DNA</div><div>
We&rsquo;re a diverse, merit-driven team spread across six global offices. Talent and impact are what matter here &mdash; not hierarchy or background.</div><div></div><div> 
Fast Growing, in All Aspects</div><div>
Sifted consistently ranks us among the fastest-growing scale-ups in Europe. We&rsquo;re driven by daily learning, shared wins, and collective growth.</div><div></div><div> 
Next-Gen Leaders &amp; Insights</div><div>
Work alongside some of tech&rsquo;s brightest minds &mdash; from Forbes 30 Under 30 founders to Executive of the Year award winners. At vivenu, you&rsquo;ll help set the standard for the ticketing industry&rsquo;s future.</div><div></div><div> 
vivenu Inclusion Statement</div><div>
At vivenu, we believe our people define our success &ndash; and that we win with bold, diverse minds. The strongest teams are built on different perspectives, experiences, and voices. We&rsquo;re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels empowered to contribute, grow, and thrive to shape the future of live entertainment globally.</div><div></div><div> 
Check out our mission statement and corporate values here.</div>

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.</div>

Founders Associate (d/f/m) - CTO Office

Veed

<div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">About the company
</h3>At VEED , we're a generative AI company building the AI video creation platform made for social. It's where millions of marketers imagine and generate branded videos, in minutes. 
 
We're powered by frontier models and VEED Fabric, our own image-to-video model. Our APIs also run AI video inside leading creative products. 
 
We're 150 people, $50M ARR, backed by Sequoia. We're hiring. Come help us make AI videos worth posting.
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Where And How We Work
</h3>At VEED we are hybrid, enabling teams and individuals to design their day and integrate work and life.
For our London and Amsterdam-based teammates, we ask that you spend 3 days a week in the office during your first 6 months &mdash; it&rsquo;s the best way to connect, collaborate, and get to know your team. After that, you&rsquo;ll shift to 1 day a week in the office, with flexibility to choose the day that suits you best.
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">About the role
</h3>VEED recently started building its own AI models, sold through API, and the traction has been HUGE. Our Fabric image-to-video lipsync model is already the model of choice for industry leaders like ElevenLabs, Freepik, and many more, and it's distributed through marketplaces like fal.ai and Runware.
We're about to launch our own API platform, and as such we&rsquo;re now looking for our Founding API GTM to be the first dedicated seller in our API business - the person who turns inbound buzz and a world-class model into booked, recurring revenue, and who builds the commercial playbook the rest of the API sales org will run on.
This is a 0 1 commercial role. You'll own the number for a brand-new line of business, sell a technical product to technical buyers, and have a direct hand in shaping pricing, ICP, and how we go to market. You'll be selling not just today's models, but building VEED's roadmap toward serving AI video infrastructure and agentic products directly to developers. We're an AI-first business, and we expect this role to be too: you'll build an outbound motion powered by AI agents, not headcount, and you'll prototype your own demos rather than wait in an engineering queue. No two days will be the same, and almost nothing is built yet.
You'll work alongside our Research Engineers and Product leadership, and will report to VEED&rsquo;s COO who runs the API business.
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">What you'll do
</h3><ul><li>Own the API revenue number. Build and run the full cycle end-to-end: prospecting, qualification, technical demos, commercial negotiation, and close. You are the first and, for now, only quota-carrier for the API business.
</li><li>Run an AI-first outbound machine. Build and operate an agentic prospecting and research motion - using AI to source, qualify, personalize, and follow up at a scale that normally takes a team.
</li><li>Vibe-code your own demos. Prototype working integrations and bespoke demos against a prospect's actual use case (with AI coding tools and our API), so you can show value in the first call instead of waiting on engineering.
</li><li>Build the playbook by running it. Define the sales motion, qualification criteria, pricing and packaging feedback, and the repeatable process the next sellers will inherit. Where there's no process, you create it.
</li><li>Sell to technical buyers. Run credible conversations with founders, CTOs, and engineering leaders at AI platforms, creative tools, and &quot;engine-builders&quot; (dubbing, UGC, avatar, and e-learning companies) who want to build on our models.
</li><li>Be the voice of the customer. Feed usage, revenue, and qualitative insight back to research, product, and leadership to shape what we build and how we price it.
</li><li>Work cross-functionally to close. Collaborate with Marketing, Engineering, Finance, Core Business Sales, Customer Success, and Legal to get deals over the line and customers live.
</li><li>Help set the commercial vision. Partner with the GM on ICP, forecasting, and the path from first dollar to the next pillar of VEED's revenue.
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">What you bring
</h3><ul><li>Proven 0 1 closing. You've carried a quota and consistently exceeded it, ideally as an early/founding seller where you built processes from nothing. Former or future founders highly encouraged to apply.
</li><li>AI-first by default. You already run your own work - research, outbound, prep - with AI agents and tools, and you're energized by pushing how far that can go. You sell AI because you live it.
</li><li>Technical enough to build. You can read API docs, wire up a quick integration, and vibe-code a demo with tools like Cursor, Claude, or Lovable. You can also hold your own on latency, model capabilities, and developer workflows, and you're quick to learn the AI/GPU landscape. You don't need to be an engineer - you need to be dangerous enough to not be blocked by engineering resource, and earn technical teams&rsquo; trust
</li><li>Commercial and quantitative instincts. You think in pipeline, unit economics, and revenue impact, and you can structure creative deals in a market with no fixed playbook.
</li><li>Range. You're as sharp negotiating a contract with a sophisticated buyer as you are explaining VEED's value to a non-technical CEO at an event.
</li><li>Hands dirty, ego in check. No task is too small. In an early-stage team of one, you'll prospect your own list, build your own decks, and chase your own paperwork - taking pride in ownership, from high-level strategy to day-to-day execution
</li><li>Bias to action. You move fast, operate with ambiguity, and would rather ship and iterate than wait for the perfect plan.
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">What we offer
</h3><ul><li>Monthly subsidy programme: Everyone values different things, so we give you a monthly allowance to spend how it suits you best &mdash; whether that&rsquo;s on office furniture, childcare, gym memberships, or anything else that makes your life easier.
</li><li>Unlimited paid holidays: Time with family, friends, or just yourself is priceless.
</li><li>Home office set-up: We make sure your home office is fully equipped with everything you need &mdash; laptop, monitors, headsets, keyboards, and more &mdash; so you can work comfortably and creatively.
</li><li>Mental health benefit : We&rsquo;ve partnered with Spill to offer confidential mental health support to all our team members.
</li><li>Equity: When VEED wins, you win. Our stock options let you share in the company&rsquo;s growth and be a part of our journey. 
</li></ul> 
The base salary ranges for this role are:
<ul><li>London: &pound;93,760 &ndash; &pound;117,200 gross per year
</li><li>Amsterdam: &euro;107,054 &ndash; &euro;133,817 gross per year 
</li></ul> 
We set ranges based on market data and review them regularly. Where your offer lands within the range reflects your experience and skills relative to the level criteria for this role. We don't ask about current or previous salary at any stage of our process. 
 
Even if you don&rsquo;t have every skill listed here, we encourage you to apply. We value curiosity, drive, and the ability to learn just as much as existing expertise.
We think what matters is people. After all, a company is just a group of people. We don&rsquo;t care about where you&rsquo;re from, what school you went to or where you worked before. If you&rsquo;ve done exceptional work, we want to hear from you. Join us on our mission to make creative storytelling with video simple and accessible for everyone.
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