Hybrid Senior Founding Software Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Founding Software Engineer developing AI solutions at Merlin that transform public sector services. Collaborating with founders on architecture and implementation with a focus on scalability and compliance.

Responsibilities

  • End-to-end AI development: designing, implementing and deploying core AI systems that drive our product
  • Technical ownership: defining the technical architecture and making key decisions on infrastructure, frameworks and tools
  • Collaboration with the founders: close alignment with the founding team to connect technical priorities with product and business strategy
  • Scalability & reliability: ensuring systems are scalable, compliant and performant in a multi-tenant SaaS environment

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a comparable qualification
  • At least 3 years of experience delivering software in production (ideally Python, TypeScript, Next.js, Postgres, Docker, Azure)
  • Expertise in AI engineering (e.g., Conversational AI, agentic AI, RAG, data pipelines)
  • Experience with cloud-native development and architecture
  • Ability to design architectures and bring complex code to production
  • Entrepreneurial spirit: willingness to take responsibility, build things from 0 → 1 and make pragmatic decisions
  • Minimum B2 German language proficiency
  • Nice to have: customer focus, experience with Voice AI or Voice AI agents, GovTech experience (startup or enterprise)

Benefits

  • Strong growth & momentum
  • Attractive compensation package with the option for equity
  • Flexible working

Job title

Senior Founding Software Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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