Senior Founding Product Engineer

Wwshemi; München; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wwshemi is seeking a Senior Founding Product Engineer to own the product and infrastructure stack end to end. You will turn roadmap priorities into features and work directly with customers to shape an AI-enabled platform for regulatory and product compliance.

You will own the software and infrastructure across frontend, backend, and cloud deployment, translate priorities into shipped features, and engage with customers to inform product direction while scaling the codebase as the team grows.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of full-time software engineering experience, with a record of shipping products to real users.
• Strong product judgment, a user-focused approach, and the ability to develop solutions that work across customer needs.
• Experience in B2B SaaS, legal technology, regulatory technology, or AI and machine learning is a plus.
• An AI-native approach, including regular use of AI agents and tools in your workflow.

Responsibilities

• Own the software and infrastructure stack across frontend, backend, and cloud deployment.
• Translate product priorities into shipped features that deliver measurable user value.
• Talk with customers to understand their needs and inform product direction.
• Maintain, refactor, and scale the codebase as the product and team grow.

Skills

German

English

AI-native approach

Tools

TypeScript

React

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Supabase

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

About the Role

Join an early-stage B2B compliance software team as a Senior Founding Product Engineer, owning the product and infrastructure stack end to end. You will turn roadmap priorities into useful features and work directly with customers to shape an AI-enabled platform for regulatory and product compliance.

What You'll Do

• Own the software and infrastructure stack across frontend, backend, and cloud deployment.
• Translate product priorities into shipped features that deliver measurable user value.
• Talk with customers to understand their needs and inform product direction.
• Maintain, refactor, and scale the codebase as the product and team grow.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of full-time software engineering experience, with a record of shipping products to real users.
• Strong product judgment, a user-focused approach, and the ability to develop solutions that work across customer needs.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, React, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Experience in an early-stage startup and comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration.
• An AI-native approach, including regular use of AI agents and tools in your workflow.
• Fluency in German and English.
• Experience in B2B SaaS, legal technology, regulatory technology, or AI and machine learning is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: €80,000 to €90,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid, with on-site work in Munich, Germany, 4 days per week.