Founding Engineer (Backend/Platform & LLM)

New Objectives; Berlin; Vor Ort; Vertraulich; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A tech startup specializing in automation is seeking a Founding Engineer (Backend/Platform & LLM) in Berlin. This role involves building a Python/FastAPI backend, implementing LLM orchestration, and ensuring the reliability of production systems. Candidates should have 8-12+ years of relevant experience and strong skills in Python, FastAPI, and Docker. The company values diverse perspectives and encourages applications from all backgrounds. Join us in redefining legacy software automation.

Qualifikationen

• 8–12+ years as a senior/principal backend or platform engineer with end-to-end ownership of production services.
• Solid operational mindset with experience in SLOs, incidents, rollbacks, and migrations.
• Hands-on experience with LLM systems in production.

Aufgaben

• Build and evolve our Python/FastAPI backend and deterministic code-gen pipeline.
• Implement and tune LLM orchestration pipelines and evaluate performance.
• Own CI/CD, IaC, and ensure the reliability of production systems.

Kenntnisse

Python 3.10+

FastAPI

Postgres

Docker

CI/CD

LLM systems

Tools

SQLAlchemy

Alembic

Auth0

Keycloak

Okta

Jobbeschreibung

At New Objectives, we are building Europe's first secure, auditable, and EU-compliant automation infrastructure for legacy systems. We're taking a practical approach to improving how engineers work with AI systems. Combining LLMs with familiar software engineering methods to make it easier for people to build, modify and maintain software automations. Our platform lowers the effort required to turn natural-language instructions into deterministic, testable code that can interface with and automate legacy systems.

We're hiring a Founding Engineer (Backend/Platform & LLM) to help deliver our v1 platform, shape our engineering standards, and take ownership of the backend and LLM components that make reliable, predictable code generation possible.

Tasks

• Build and evolve our Python/FastAPI backend, typed data contracts, Postgres models, and deterministic code-gen pipeline (structured outputs, snapshot tests).
• Implement and tune LLM orchestration pipelines: RAG flows, agent workflows, evaluation harnesses, tracing, fallback logic, and cost/latency controls.
• Own CI/CD, IaC, migrations, SLOs/SLIs, observability, and the reliability of production systems.
• Integrate secure multi-tenant SSO (OIDC/SAML) with RBAC and audit trails for early healthcare pilots.
• Collaborate closely with the founders, influence product direction, and establish engineering standards.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years as a senior/principal backend or platform engineer with end-to-end ownership of production services.
• Strong experience with Python 3.10+, FastAPI, Postgres, SQLAlchemy/Alembic, Docker, CI/CD.
• Hands‑on with LLM systems in production (RAG/agents, evaluation, tracing, performance/cost optimization).
• Solid operational mindset: SLOs, incidents, rollbacks, migrations, and running systems that “just work.”
• Experience integrating Auth0/Keycloak/Okta and OAuth2/OIDC/SAML for multi-tenant environments.
• Nice addition: Playwright/pywinauto, vector DBs (pgvector/Qdrant), Temporal/Kafka/SQS, HIPAA/SOC2 exposure.

Join the team shaping the technical foundation of a company redefining how legacy software gets automated.

We value diverse perspectives and welcome candidates of all genders, identities and backgrounds.