Product Engineer

Knowunity GmbH; München; Vor Ort; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading AI education company located in Germany is looking for a Product Engineer to drive innovation in their learning platform. As part of a talented team, you will shape user experiences and product direction, leveraging technology to enhance learning for millions of students. Fluency in English is required, while German is a plus. The role offers competitive compensation, equity potential, and the chance to significantly impact education at scale.

Leistungen

Competitive salary

Equity in a fast-growing startup

28 days annual leave

40 days work from anywhere

Personal development budget

Mental health support

Team events

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years of software engineering experience in a startup or fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in English and preferably knowledge of German.
• Experience building B2C applications.

Aufgaben

• Shape the future of learning through innovative product features.
• Own and execute product direction and engineering quality.
• Deliver measurable outcomes that impact millions of users.

Kenntnisse

Experience with software engineering

Proficiency with Flutter

Strong interest in consumer products

Fluent English

German is a plus

Jobbeschreibung

THE OPPORTUNITY

We’re building the future of learning: a world where every student on the planet can access, enjoy, and benefit from world-class education. And we’re on a mission to create the first AI learning unicorn to make it happen.

Millions of students already use our personalised AI learning companion daily & we just raised €27m to capture the AI learning market at an inflection point, finally enabling true personalisation at scale for 1bn students.

YOUR MISSION

You have the opportunity to shape how students learn in the future
Engineering is at the core of the company, it really drives knowunity, main character, you can end to end own this revolution yourself across parts such as:

• Videos
• First ones that build video on large scale truly personalised
• Topic prediction, real guidance / personalisation as biggest opportunity in AI
• Holy grail is personalisation and guidance, we have a lot of data, you can crack that
• Future of practice, quizlet is outdated, practice in future needs to be more guided and diverse
• Multi-Modality of outputs
• We do not believe in wall of text, we are building cards, graphs, interactive practice elements in the chat - no one has solved this yet
• New ways of learning of Gen Alpha
• Figure out how this generation learns
• In a world of personal AI companions, there will still be in person learning and interaction, how can an AI companion include social use cases and still bring students together
• Ability to ship A/B tests to millions of users quickly

Why this matters: Knowunity is on a mission to become the #1 AI learning companion for 1 billion students. As a Product Engineer, the features you build will shape how students study, stay motivated, and succeed - while helping us grow DAU, retention, and long-term impact.
What success looks like: You’ll ship fast, learn quickly, and see your work used by millions of students around the world. You’ll contribute to both product direction and engineering quality - bringing clarity to trade-offs, opinions to discussions, and impact to metrics. Over time, you’ll become a key voice in the product-engineering loop, known for turning ideas into shipped, loved, and measurable outcomes for millions of students.

WHO YOU ARE

Your mindset

You’re the type of person who:

• Builds with urgency and care - you love moving fast without cutting corners, and you take pride in getting things shipped
• Thinks product-first - you see code as a means to serve the user, not as an end in itself
• Owns outcomes, not just tasks - you don’t wait for perfect specs or process; you figure out what’s needed and make it happen
• Loves simplicity - whether it's UX or code, you cut complexity and focus on what delivers value
• Leverages AI - as a force multiplier in everything you do
• Values excellence over comfort - mediocrity isn’t in your vocabulary

Must-haves

• Experience with software engineering in a startup or fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with Flutter or Experience with building a B2C app for a large userbase
• Strong interest in consumer products and solving real user problems
• Fluent English; German is a plus

Our Tech Stack

Our app is written in Flutter with Riverpod. Our Golang backend is powered by PostgreSQL and hosted on AWS with Kubernetes. Our AI stack consists of several LLM providers (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, and Mistral), custom routing engines, and fine-tuned models. Our data stack consists of BigQuery and dbt.

WHAT WE OFFER

Not for everyone, everything for the right ones.

• Competitive compensation and equity: We’re building Knowunity to dominate the global AI learning market. Your compensation package includes a competitive salary paired with meaningful equity in a company with genuine unicorn potential. Team members who help us reach that goal will be rewarded accordingly.
• Elite team and true ownership: You’ll work alongside 60 exceptional people who match your ambition within a flat hierarchy - direct access to founders and leadership without bureaucratic middle layers. You'll own entire areas from conception to delivery with real decision-making authority.
• Meaningful impact at scale: Your work will have an immediate, measurable impact on education globally and directly improves how millions of students learn.
• Benefits: 28 days annual leave +1 extra day per year with Knowunity, 40 days work from anywhere, personal development budget, mental health support via Nilo, Urban Sports Club, monthly become1 retail vouchers, team and company events

We are building with passion. We’re a lean team of ambitious people who push hard, move fast, and constantly raise the bar. If you’re hungry, thrive under pressure and ready to go the extra mile, this is where you will accelerate your career faster than anywhere else.

HOW TO APPLY

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At Knowunity, we actively foster an inclusive and diverse workplace that ensures equal opportunity for all qualified applicants, regardless of nationality, ethnic or national origin, skin color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or marital status. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.