Founding Engineer

**About the Role** As a **Founding Engineer** at SANOVIO, you will play a key role in building the AI-powered procurement infrastructure that tackles one of the biggest and most complex cost problems in European healthcare. This is a fast-paced, hands-on role for engineers with **high agency**, strong technical depth, and a founder mindset. We’re looking for a **full-stack generalist** with a strong **frontend affinity**. You excel at **designing user flows** and implementing them in **React and TypeScript**, while owning outcomes end-to-end across **backend, data, AI-enabled workflows, and cloud deployment**. You thrive amid **uncertainty and incomplete requirements**, move quickly, and still care deeply about **architecture, clean code, and long-term quality**. If you are a passionate builder who thrives at the intersection of full-stack development and AI, this is your opportunity to work closely with the founders, shape the product, and help us scale toward **€10M ARR in 2026**. **Tasks** * Owning **end-to-end product workflows**, from frontend UX to backend systems, data pipelines, and edge cases * Building world-class **frontend experiences** in React and TypeScript alongside scalable, **reliable backend systems** * Designing and owning **AI-enabled systems**, including embeddings, retrieval, and agents that create real operational leverage * Developing and operating **data pipelines** for large-scale unstructured data * Making pragmatic **technical decisions on architecture, tools, and frameworks** to balance speed and quality * Deploying, running, and maintaining software in **cloud environments** with a “you ship it, you run it” mindset * Writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code with **scalable, reusable components and APIs** * **Collaborating across the stack** and raising the engineering bar through reviews, mentoring, and technical leadership **General Profile** We are looking for stellar engineers with a strong background in **full-stack software engineering and AI**, and the potential to grow and lead teams in the future. **3–5 years of experience is a plus**, but we hire for skill, ownership, and output. * Generalist engineer with a frontend affinity, capable of building across backend, data, and AI * End-to-end product ownership, driving ideas from concept to customer-ready production * Proactive execution in ambiguous environments, turning unclear requirements into shipped software * High-speed delivery paired with a focus on clean code and scalable architecture * Close iteration with users and clients, including collaboration across different cultures * Strong problem-solving ability and fast adoption of new technologies * Motivation to build excellent software in a fast-paced startup environment * Willingness to work in-person in Munich with a higher intensity than a traditional 9–5 role **Technical skillset** * Strong experience with full-stack software engineering, especially React and TypeScript, with excellent understanding of constructing user flows * Solid backend engineering skills, ideally with Node.js, and experience designing APIs and data model * Proven track record of architecting and building production-grade software systems * Cloud and DevOps experience with Docker * AI experience is a plus, especially embeddings and retrieval, structured outputs and tool calling, evals, and agentic workflows beyond prompt engineering **Leadership and communication** * You naturally take responsibility and enjoy leading * You’re one of the strongest engineers in the team and make everyone else better * Everyone can come to you for advice on how to fix their hardest problems * You communicate clearly and are credible with technical stakeholders and clients **Bonus if you** * Can share a portfolio of projects, shipped products, or a GitHub with meaningful work * Have experience scaling systems from early usage to larger production workloads * Have built workflow-heavy B2B products, internal tools, or operations software * You are business proficient in Chinese **Benefits** * Great central office in Munich with regular team events and dinners * Monthly Wellness budget * Access to any AI or productivity tools you need to do your best work * International scope & travel * Flexible work setup with time-zone responsibility * Meaningful compensation package including cash, performance bonus, and shares _(Actual offers and compensation are based on specific job duties, experience, performance, total rewards structure, and other considerations)._ **About the interview process** **Step 1: Intro call** Casual intro meeting with one of the founders to get to know each other and introduce SANOVIO. **Step 2: Technical interview** The technical interview consists of two parts: * **A take-home exercise, including a short presentation** * **A system design interview** For the take-home exercise, we’d provide you with a task. You’ll have 2–3 hours to complete it, focusing on a real SANOVIO workflow and user flow in React and TypeScript, with a light end-to-end angle such as API integration, data modeling, edge cases, and clean architecture. Later, you’ll present your results to us. **Step 3: Personal Fit** Meet another co-founder to get a feel for our culture and working style. **Step 4: Offer & Reference Checks** If we see a great fit, you will get an offer, including a competitive compensation package. At the same time, we’ll ask you to provide 2–3 references so we can gather additional insights into your strengths and working style. Find [Jobs in Germany](https://www.arbeitnow.com) on Arbeitnow