Software Engineer

The Global Talent Co.; United States; A distancia; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Direct mentoring from the CTO

Steep learning curve

Real production ownership from day one

Fully remote work is possible

Competitive entry-level salary

Descripción de la vacante

The Global Talent Co. is seeking an early-career Software Engineer to help build the digital infrastructure for grant funding. You will work on backend, frontend, and AI pipeline with close guidance from the CTO, growing toward independent ownership and a senior role.

Ideal candidates have 1–3 years of experience or strong projects, solid TypeScript/JavaScript fundamentals, and a user-first mindset. Remote work is possible in a fast‑moving, AI‑native development environment.

Formación

• 1–3 years of professional Software Engineer experience or recent grad with strong projects.
• Solid fundamentals in TypeScript and/or JavaScript.
• Curiosity across the full stack and eagerness to learn production software.
• High self-motivation and ability to dig into problems.
• Comfort with feedback and improving skills.
• AI-native development approach using Claude Code or Cursor.
• User-first mindset focused on real-world software usability.
• Strong ownership and increasing responsibility over time.

Responsabilidades

• Ship features end-to-end from backend to UI.
• Work across stack including React, Node/Express, Postgres, AWS.
• Grow independence and feature ownership with guidance.
• Collaborate with CTO and grant team to solve real user problems.
• Build software with a user-first mindset.
• Contribute to AI pipeline development and evaluations.
• Debug in production using Sentry, CloudWatch, and Postgres.
• Learn from mentoring and code reviews, growing toward senior roles.

Conocimientos

TS/JS fundamentals

Full-stack

AI-native development

User-first mindset

Ownership & responsibility

Self-motivation

Feedback receptiveness

AI tooling (Claude Code/Cursor)

Problem solving

Herramientas

Claude Code

Cursor

AWS

Postgres

Descripción del empleo

SOFWARE ENGINEER

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The Role

You will join a company building the digital infrastructure for grant funding , helping organizations spend less time navigating funding logic, forms, and administration and more time on the projects and impact that matter.

The platform brings together research across 18,000+ funding programmes, AI-supported analysis and application drafting, expert review, and ongoing grant management. AI handles what can scale, while people bring experience and judgement where it matters.

As a Software Engineer , you will help build the product across the backend, frontend, and AI pipeline at the core of the platform. You will work directly with the CTO , who already has one successful exit, and learn first‑hand how modern software is built in a clean, fast, AI‑native environment.

This role is designed for someone early in their career who wants real responsibility and a steep learning curve. You will start with close guidance and progressively take on more independent ownership, with a clear path toward a senior engineering role.

Position: Software Engineer

Seeking an early‑career Software Engineer with solid programming fundamentals, curiosity across the stack, and a strong desire to learn how production software is built.

The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of experience or is a recent graduate with strong projects , and combines technical curiosity with high self‑motivation, a user‑first mindset, and an AI‑native approach to development.

What you have built matters more than simply the number of years on your CV.

Responsibilities

Product Development & Full-Stack Engineering

• Ship features end‑to‑end , from backend development through to the user interface.

• Work across the stack, including React, Node/Express, Postgres, and AWS.

• Start with close guidance and progressively take on greater independence and ownership.

• Work closely with the CTO and grant team to build solutions based on real user problems rather than abstract tickets.

• Build software with a user‑first mindset , ensuring what you create works for real people.

AI Development

• Help build the platform’s AI pipeline from week one.

• Work with prompt engineering, context management, and AI evaluations.

• Gain hands‑on experience with AI development and learn how AI‑powered features are built and improved in production.

• Use AI‑native development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor as part of your engineering workflow.

Production & Debugging

• Trace and fix bugs in the production environment.

• Work with tools including Sentry, CloudWatch, and Postgres.

• Learn how production systems work by investigating real issues and understanding their underlying causes.

Learning & Engineering Growth

• Work closely with the CTO and receive direct technical mentoring.

• Use code reviews as a learning tool , incorporating feedback and progressively contributing feedback to others.

• Take increasing ownership of features and technical problems as your experience grows.

• Develop toward independent feature ownership , with a clear path toward a senior engineering role.

• Contribute to improving the time from starting a project to a finished, submitted application through reliable features, automation, and product improvements.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer , or recent university graduation with strong technical projects.

• What you have built matters more than simply the number of years of experience.

• Solid fundamentals in TypeScript and/or JavaScript.

• Curiosity and willingness to work across the full stack, including:

• Strong desire to learn how production software is built and operated.

• High self‑motivation and the ability to dig into problems rather than wait for instructions.

• Comfortable receiving feedback and using it to improve your technical skills.

• AI‑native approach to software development , with familiarity using tools such as Claude Code or Cursor.

• User‑first mindset , with a focus on building software that works for real people.

• Strong curiosity, ownership, and willingness to take on increasing responsibility.

Nice to Have

• First experience with AI tools or LLM APIs , including university or side projects.

• German language skills at B1 level or above. The product and customers are German‑speaking, while the team works bilingually.

• A side project, open‑source contribution, or other work built independently.

Growth Path

This role is designed as a springboard for your engineering career.

You will start with significant mentoring and guidance from the CTO, then progressively move toward independent ownership of complete features and technical problems.

The goal is that, over time, you can ship independently, contribute to technical decisions, and take ownership of increasingly complex parts of the product , with a clear path toward a senior engineering role.

What We Offer

• Direct mentoring from the CTO , who already has one successful exit and will work closely with you on your development.

• A steep learning curve across a modern technology stack, AI‑native development, and real production systems.

• Real production ownership from day one , with increasing responsibility over time.

• Fully remote work is possible.

• Competitive entry‑level salary and participation in company success.

• Clear development path toward a senior engineering role.

• €2,000 annual professional development budget.

• Opportunity to work on a scalable SaaS product with clear market demand and genuine social impact.

• Short decision paths and direct collaboration with the leadership team.

• Team events and optional workations