Founding Engineer / CTO

PromptPartner; USA; Remote; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Performance bonus

Early-stage equity package

Annual learning budget

Home office budgets

Zusammenfassung

PromptPartner is seeking a founding software engineer to shape the technical foundation and early product direction of an AI automation platform for European businesses. This role blends hands-on engineering with architectural and product leadership, taking customer problems to production systems.

You will build core APIs, drive architecture decisions as the product grows, and collaborate directly with customers to turn ideas into production features.

Qualifikationen

• Proven ability to build products from the ground up.
• Experience delivering shipped software.
• Fluency with Claude Code and AI coding assistants.
• Experience creating specifications for AI-assisted implementation.
• Building or coordinating agents using MCP.
• Familiarity with Claude or GPT APIs and rapid prototyping tools.

Aufgaben

• Build core APIs, integrations, and automation infrastructure.
• Turn ideas into production features with customer collaboration.
• Set engineering standards and maintainable codebase.
• Help shape product priorities and technical roadmap.
• Use AI tooling to develop AI-powered product features.

Kenntnisse

Hands-on software engineering

API design & architecture

Claude Code

AI agents (MCP)

GPT/Claude APIs

Rapid prototyping

Tools

Node.js

PostgreSQL

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Docker

AWS

GCP

Vercel

Jobbeschreibung

Role overview

Shape the technical foundation and early product direction of an AI automation platform for European businesses. This founding role combines hands-on engineering with architectural, product, and team influence, taking ideas from customer problems to production systems.

Responsibilities

• Build core APIs, integrations, and automation infrastructure, and make key architecture decisions as the product grows.
• Turn ideas into production features quickly, working directly with customers to understand needs and deliver solutions.
• Set engineering standards through maintainable code and technical decisions that future hires can build on.
• Help choose product priorities and shape the company’s technical culture and roadmap.
• Use AI coding tools and agent protocols in day-to-day development, and build AI-powered product features.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on software engineering ability and experience building products from the ground up.
• Comfort working through ambiguity, making independent decisions, and moving from concept to shipped software.
• Fluency with Claude Code as a primary development environment, plus regular use of AI coding assistants.
• Experience creating effective specifications for AI-assisted implementation and building or coordinating agents using MCP.
• Familiarity with Claude or GPT APIs and rapid prototyping tools.
• A commitment to clean, practical code and enthusiasm for AI-assisted engineering.

Nice to have

• Experience with Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, React, Next.js, TypeScript, n8n, Docker, AWS, GCP, or Vercel.
• Experience with early-stage products, customer-facing development, or automation systems.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote within Europe, or hybrid in Zurich or Barcelona.
• Base compensation with a performance bonus and an early-stage equity package.
• Annual learning and home office budgets.
• Significant input into product, team, and company direction, with an emphasis on focused work and autonomy.