Software Engineer

SOFWARE ENGINEER 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 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. - Develop strong debugging and problem-solving skills through hands-on production experience. 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: React, Node/Express, Postgres, AWS. - 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.