Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

SENIOR SOFWARE ENGINEER (FULL STACK) Check out The Global Talent Co.’s talent network: https://www.globaltalent.co/network 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 Senior Software Engineer, you will work end-to-end on AntragPlus, contributing across the backend, frontend, infrastructure, and AI pipeline at the core of the platform. - You will be one of the company's first engineering hires, with significant ownership over technical decisions, engineering standards, architecture, and the product itself. - You will own problems from the initial conversation with the grant team through to production, rather than simply working from predefined tickets. Position: Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Seeking a highly autonomous Senior Software Engineer with strong full-stack experience who can build and ship product features end-to-end while contributing deeply to AI pipelines, infrastructure, production systems, and technical architecture. - The ideal candidate combines strong technical depth with a high-ownership mindset, a usability-first approach, and the ability to identify and solve problems independently in an environment where not everything is fully defined yet.

Responsibilities

Product Development & Full-Stack Engineering - Build and ship end-to-end product features independently, including the user interface. - Work confidently across the frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI pipeline. - Build from real user problems by working closely with the grant team, rather than simply implementing predefined tickets. - Develop interfaces with a usability-first mindset, ensuring the product genuinely works for grant writers. - Take ownership of problems from initial discovery through to production deployment. - Contribute to reducing the time from starting a new project to a finished, submitted application through product improvements, automation, and better workflows. AI Development & Evaluation - Advance the platform's AI capabilities through prompt engineering, context management, cost control, and multi-provider AI setups. - Work with AI providers including AWS Bedrock, Anthropic, and OpenAI. - Build and operate AI pipelines in production, going beyond simply calling an API. - Develop and own the company's AI evaluation practice, including prompt quality, model selection, and regression detection. - Work with AI agents and tool-calling workflows where applicable. - Use AI-native development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor as part of your engineering workflow. Production, Infrastructure & Reliability - Operate, monitor, and debug the live production environment. - Work with tools including Sentry, CloudWatch, and Postgres performance monitoring. - Contribute to infrastructure running on AWS, including ECS and RDS. - Maintain and improve production reliability and performance. - Identify and resolve technical issues with a strong debugging instinct in live systems. Engineering Architecture & Technical Leadership - Shape the company's technical architecture, code quality, engineering standards, and technical roadmap. - Help establish how the engineering team works and the technical standards it follows. - Identify better technical solutions proactively rather than waiting for predefined tasks. - Take complete ownership of technical problems and drive them through to resolution. - Contribute to building scalable technical foundations as one of the company's first engineering hires. Requirements - Several years of professional experience with TypeScript and Node.js. - Strong depth in Postgres, including JSONB, query performance, and migrations. - Strong full-stack capabilities, with experience across: - Next.js 15 / React Query - Express / BullMQ - AWS (ECS, RDS) - Terraform - Hands-on experience building and operating AI pipelines in production, beyond simply integrating an AI API. - Experience working with LLMs and AI-powered applications. - Strong understanding of prompt engineering, context management, model selection, and AI evaluation. - Strong debugging skills in live production systems. - High level of autonomy and ownership, with the ability to identify problems, develop solutions, and close the loop without hand-holding. - Usability-first mindset, with the ability to build interfaces that genuinely work for end users. - Comfortable working in an environment where not everything is fully defined and where engineers are expected to proactively shape solutions. - AI-native approach to software development, with familiarity using tools such as Claude Code or Cursor. - Nice to Have: German language skills at B1 level or above. The customers and product are German-speaking, while the team works bilingually. - Experience with AI agents and tool-calling workflows in production. What We Offer - Fully remote work is possible. - Competitive compensation and participation in company success. - Real ownership as one of the company's first engineering hires, with the opportunity to shape the product, technology, and engineering standards. - €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. - Access to exclusive funding databases and modern tools. - Team events and optional workations. Our Culture - Customer First - Complete Ownership - Ship, Learn, Repeat - One Team