Founding AI & Workflow Engineer — Build from Scratch

Founders Factory

New Germany (MN)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Technical Co-Founder path
Hands-on venture team support

Job summary

Founders Factory is building a new venture focused on AI-driven recruitment workflow automation. We seek a hands-on Lead Engineer to take a zero-to-product journey and, potentially, become Technical Co-Founder of an independent venture-backed company.

You will implement AI-agent capabilities, connect APIs and data sources, and ship an end-to-end candidate workflow from acquisition to engagement. German language skills and entrepreneurial ambition are highly valued.

Qualifications

  • Strong full-stack engineer able to build independently from zero to working product.
  • Experience automating messy real-world workflows.
  • Hands-on experience shipping LLM/AI-agent functionality to users.
  • Familiarity with the DACH market; German strongly preferred.
  • Experience with recruitment or HR tech, ATS/CRM integrations, WhatsApp, voice AI, or workflow-heavy SaaS is highly relevant.

Responsibilities

  • Build the first version of the product from scratch and demonstrate working functionality.
  • Design and implement AI-driven candidate acquisition, qualification, matching, and follow-up workflows.
  • Integrate with existing recruiting tools, APIs and third-party systems.

Skills

Full-stack engineering
Workflow automation
AI/LLM integration
APIs & systems integration
Product-minded
Entrepreneurial mindset
German language

Tools

APIs
Databases
WhatsApp integration
n8n/Make
LLM tooling

Job description

Founders Factory is building a new venture focused on AI-driven recruitment workflow automation. We seek a hands-on Lead Engineer to take a zero-to-product journey and, potentially, become Technical Co-Founder of an independent venture-backed company.

You will implement AI-agent capabilities, connect APIs and data sources, and ship an end-to-end candidate workflow from acquisition to engagement. German language skills and entrepreneurial ambition are highly valued.

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