Founding Head of Engineering
Role Summary
Detailed description available on the official website.
Key Responsibilities
Rather than simply leading engineers, you'll build the engineering organisation itself.
Minimum Requirements
- You're a builder first. You enjoy writing production code as much as leading technical strategy. You want founding-level ownership, not a large management hierarchy.
- Deep Python expertise. You've built and shipped production backend systems and are comfortable taking ownership of complex architectures from day one.
- AI-native engineering. You already use tools like Cursor, Claude Code or Codex every day. You're not experimenting with AI. You're building with it. You believe the biggest engineering advantage of the next decade will come from teams that learn to orchestrate humans and AI together.
- Technical leadership. You've led high-performing engineering teams before, but you still enjoy being one of the strongest individual contributors.
- Product and systems thinking. You design systems that survive years, not launches. You think clearly before you build. You optimise for simplicity, leverage and operational excellence.
- Ownership. You don't wait for permission. You take responsibility for outcomes, make decisions with incomplete information and raise the standard around you.
Working Conditions
We're not looking for someone to manage engineering. We're looking for someone who wants to redefine how engineering is done.
If you're excited by the idea of building an AI-native engineering organisation from first principles, and writing the production code that makes it real, we'd love to talk.
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- Founding-level ownership and meaningful equity.
- Direct partnership with the founder.
- The opportunity to define what AI-native engineering looks like in practice.
- A small, ambitious team with exceptionally high standards.
- Full relocation support to Berlin.
- Top-tier hardware and generous AI tooling budget.
- Urban Sports Club membership.
- Six weeks work-from-anywhere each year.
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