Founding Engineer

TL;DR
Founding Engineer. Build v1 -> v10.
Join experienced entrepreneurs (scaled to millions of users $100m exits). Build the future of tax & accounting with AI. Ship features end-to-end influence the stack and lay the foundations (CI/CD cloud data). Grow into leadership as we scale across countries. Above-market pay meaningful equity.

The opportunity

How taxation accounting and payroll work today is a pain for everyone. Still every business must do it continuously. It is the backbone that our economy runs on.

About us

We are a team of experienced entrepreneurs who have scaled businesses to 10s of millions of users 10s of millions in revenue multiple countries and 9-digit exits - and we are just getting started. We are backed with 3 million in equity even though we havent actively raised funding yet yes investors are chasing us.

Tasks

The role

As a Founding Engineer youll build Tribex from the ground up together with the rest of the founding team.

While we are providing a world-class professional service to our customers technology is at our core and you will be an integral part of building it from scratch. Your work will be the driving force behind our revolutionary customer experience enabled through AI offering radical simplicity to our customers.

What youll own

• Build 01 with the founders; take features end-to-end (spec ship measure).
• Implement core APIs data models and UI; make pragmatic architecture choices with guidance.
• Ship v1 fast iterate weekly with real user feedback.
• Set up the basics of CI/CD cloud observability security and data pipelines (well expand as we grow).
• Hire and mentor junior engineers (if interested); gain leadership experience.

Our tech context (greenfield)

• Prefer boring tech where it matters; innovate where it differentiates.
• Likely: Python TypeScript/Node Postgres Redis/Queue Docker/K8s AWS vue/ react/ ...
• Youll have a strong influence on choices.
• Tooling budget for whatever makes you fast. No legacy no yakshaving.

Requirements

What youll bring

• 2 years of experience (or standout work or projects).
• Strength in one area (backend/ frontend/ data) and curiosity to learn across the stack.
• Comfort with cloud basics (AWS/GCP) Docker and CI; willing to level up.
• Demonstrated strong interest in AI.
• Very good communication skills in English or German.

Nice to have

• Experience in a fast-paced environment (e.g. start-up scale-up etc.).
• Product sense: you value DX/UX performance and with data pipelines LLM/AI security or SRE.

Benefits

What youll get

• Unique opportunity to join a company very early which you can shape
• Rapid growth path: Grow your career with the growing company
• Perfect environment to develop relevant skills in a world of AI
• Equity that has the potential to drastically gain in valueAbove-market compensation package

The process (fast but meaningful)

1. Jump on an intro call with a founder or recruiter.
2. Get to know another founder virtually or in person (up to you).
3. Meet our whole founding team during a final interview (in-person 3h incl. live coding)