Founders Associate - AI/ML Consulting Lead

Code17 GmbH; Leipzig; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Latest hardware

Flexible working hours

Zusammenfassung

A progressive AI and software consulting firm based in Leipzig is seeking a Founders Associate – AI/ML Consulting Lead. This role involves leading client engagements, identifying growth opportunities, and developing a high-performing team. Candidates should have 2-5 years of experience, a solid understanding of software development and machine learning, and fluency in German and English. This position offers a clear path to equity and future leadership roles.

Qualifikationen

• 2–5 years of project delivery experience.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams.
• Solid understanding of software development and machine learning concepts.
• Strong networking and client relationship-building skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities.
• Highly self-motivated with strong ownership and collaboration skills.
• Fluency in both German and English.

Aufgaben

• Oversee engineering and AI/ML projects from planning through delivery.
• Pinpoint high-value AI/ML use cases and lead client workshops.
• Recruit, mentor, and foster the growth of our professional services team.
• Identify recurring industry challenges for AI/ML solutions.
• Guide our market positioning and lead strategic marketing initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Project delivery experience

Team building

Software development understanding

Networking skills

Proactive opportunity identification

Ownership skills

Fluency in German

Fluency in English

English fluency

Jobbeschreibung

As the Founders Associate – AI/ML Consulting Lead, you’ll take a hands-on role in expanding our software engineering and AI/ML services. You’ll lead and grow a skilled team of forward-deployed engineers, and secure and manage major projects for clients across industries like retail, insurance, and energy.

This role includes a clear path to significant equity and future C-level responsibility.

Who we are: As a lean, bootstrapped team of 12, Code17 GmbH brings together senior software architects and pioneering ML researchers to partner with leading enterprises – Arvato, PwC, and AOK – on their toughest software engineering and AI challenges.

Our USP: At Code17, we build getML, a problem-agnostic machine learning software for predictive analytics on relational business data. Our patented algorithms automate feature discovery through supervised learning, uncovering prediction-relevant domain logic in unprecedented detail. Most importantly, accelerating customer projects with getML reduces delivery timelines from months to days, while providing more accurate predictions – both crucial for maximising our partners’ ROI. – Read more on https://getml.com.

• Anticipated Start Date: Q2/2025
• Location: On-site or remote during the first six months (based in the EU, with Leipzig comfortably reachable by train). Conversion to a permanent, full-time management role requires on-site presence in Leipzig.

Tasks

• Lead Client Engagements: Oversee engineering and AI/ML projects from planning through delivery, ensuring measurable business outcomes.
• Identify & Drive Growth: Pinpoint high-value AI/ML use cases, lead client workshops to solve challenges, and cultivate new business.
• Develop & Lead Team: Recruit, mentor, and foster the growth of our professional services team.
• Spearhead Sales & Marketing: Identify recurring industry challenges for AI/ML solutions, manage lead generation and close new projects.
• Shape Brand & Presence: Guide our market positioning and lead strategic marketing initiatives.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of project delivery experience
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams
• Solid understanding of software development and machine learning concepts
• Strong networking and client relationship-building skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities
• Highly self-motivated with strong ownership and collaboration skills
• Fluency in both German and English

Benefits

• Latest hardware, including your choice of Apple or Framework notebooks, height-adjustable desk, and a 40