Founding Product Engineer
— Munich, GermanyFrom 85000.00 EUR
Munich, GermanyFull-timeCleraNEWHOT
🇩🇪 Your real take-home in Germany
Lower band · est.Gross / yr
$85k
Before tax
Tax & SS
−$32k
~38% effective
Net / yr
$53k
≈ $4k/mo
Purchasing power vs NYC
$81k/yr NYC-equiv
35% cheaper than NYC · est. rent + living: €1,400–2,200
~38% (income tax + health + pension contributions). Estimates only — not tax advice.
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About The Role
A fast-growing, Y Combinator–backed AI marketing SaaS startup is hiring its first engineer in Munich. This is a true founding-scope role: you'll work directly with the founders and customers to figure out what to build, ship it end to end, and keep improving it until it creates real customer value. The product sits at the intersection of brand intelligence, AI-driven content, and agentic workflows — helping businesses understand and grow their visibility across AI platforms.
You'll span product thinking, frontend, backend systems, LLM pipelines, and data — and you'll regularly talk to customers and turn those conversations into product decisions.
What You'll Do
Required:
This role is on-site in Munich, Germany. Candidates based in Munich or willing to relocate are encouraged to apply. Start date: as soon as possible.
A fast-growing, Y Combinator–backed AI marketing SaaS startup is hiring its first engineer in Munich. This is a true founding-scope role: you'll work directly with the founders and customers to figure out what to build, ship it end to end, and keep improving it until it creates real customer value. The product sits at the intersection of brand intelligence, AI-driven content, and agentic workflows — helping businesses understand and grow their visibility across AI platforms.
You'll span product thinking, frontend, backend systems, LLM pipelines, and data — and you'll regularly talk to customers and turn those conversations into product decisions.
What You'll Do
- Own full product features end to end — from ambiguous problem to live, production-quality feature
- Work directly with the founders and customers on a daily basis
- Design simple, intuitive UX for complex workflows
- Build and iterate across frontend, backend, LLM pipelines, and data systems
- Turn customer conversations into actionable product improvements
- Ship fast and keep improving until features deliver measurable customer value
Required:
- Proven track record shipping production SaaS features — you've taken products from 0 to 1 before
- Strong full-stack ownership: comfortable going from an ambiguous problem all the way to a live product
- Solid experience with TypeScript and React
- Ability to design clean, simple UX for complex workflows
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, early-stage environment with high autonomy
- Hands-on experience with Vite, Supabase, Vercel, and/or ClickHouse
- Experience building with LLMs and agentic workflows — both in the product and in day-to-day work
- 2–4 years of relevant software engineering experience
- Base salary: €85,000 – €120,000 annually
- Equity: Meaningful VSOP stake (founding engineer level)
- Visa sponsorship available
- Work directly with both founders in a high-ownership, high-impact role
- Operate in one of the hottest emerging categories in tech: GEO / AI-search marketing
This role is on-site in Munich, Germany. Candidates based in Munich or willing to relocate are encouraged to apply. Start date: as soon as possible.
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