ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage dual-use AI company as its first technical hire, turning a research-grade prototype into dependable production software for enterprise and public-sector users. You will begin as a hands-on builder with broad technical ownership, then grow the engineering team and take on people leadership. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design and own production architecture for data and NLP pipelines, AI/ML integrations, CI/CD, observability, and cloud or on-premises deployments. - Set the engineering roadmap and balance delivery speed with quality and security. - Build and validate the first production release, including infrastructure and security decisions. - Hire and lead an engineering team, set technical standards, and support a positive team culture. - Work closely with founders and users to iterate on the product.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 5 years building and operating production data-intensive or NLP systems, including ingestion, deduplication, entity resolution, queues, and orchestrated pipelines. - Strong Python skills and experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and observability, including monitoring data or model drift. - Experience with PostgreSQL and a graph database, vector store, or search engine, plus embeddings, vector search, and language model integrations. - Ability to build clean APIs and functional analyst-facing interfaces using React, Vue, or a similar framework. - Experience architecting production systems for cloud and on-premises deployment.
Docker, Kubernetes, or Helm experience is an advantage. - Willingness and eligibility to obtain German security clearance. Eligibility is subject to German requirements, including nationality restrictions under §13 SÜG. - Experience with open-web or platform data, early-stage startups, German language, or public-sector and dual-use technology is a plus. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: €60,000 to €120,000 annually.
Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
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