Founding Engineer Berlin

Mitte; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitte is seeking a full-time engineer to build the AI creativity platform that makes creatives unstoppable. You'll develop cutting-edge AI image, video, and audio generation and editing tools, ship features multiple times a day, and architect systems that handle creative workflows at scale.

As a founding team member, you'll have massive impact on how thousands of creatives work with AI, and join a distributed team across the US and Europe.

Qualifications

• Min. 6 years of full-stack engineering experience with proven ability to ship complex features.
• Obsessed with creative tools and AI; understands what creatives need.
• Ability to learn new languages and platforms quickly.
• Self-directed problem solver in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Build the AI creativity platform for image, video, and audio generation and editing.
• Ship features multiple times a day and iterate rapidly.
• Architect systems that handle creative workflows at scale.
• Join as a founding team member with high impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Self-directed problem solving

Product-driven engineer

Ability to learn new languages quickly

Focus on user impact

Tools

Elixir/Phoenix

Go

CSS-in-JS

WebSocket

Job description

We're looking for a full-time engineer to build the AI creativity platform that makes creatives unstoppable. You'll develop cutting-edge AI image, video, and audio generation and editing tools, ship features multiple times a day, and architect systems that handle creative workflows at scale. As a founding team member, you'll have massive impact on how thousands of creatives work with AI.

Requirements

• Obsessed with creative tools and AI - you understand what creatives need and how AI can unlock their potential
• Min. 6 years of strong full-stack engineering experience with proven ability to ship complex features
• Language agnostic with ability to learn new languages and platforms quickly when needed
• Product-driven engineer who focuses on user impact over technical complexity
• Comfortable with our tech stack
• Experience building real-time applications, WebSocket connections, and high-performance systems is a plus
• Technology pragmatist who values proven solutions over trendy frameworks
• Balances speed and quality - writes maintainable code that ships fast
• Self-directed problem solver who thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• AI enthusiast who believes generative tools will transform creative work
• Elixir/Phoenix (experience not required)
• Go
• CSS-in-JS

Location

We're distributed across the US and Europe with local employment support worldwide.