Founding Engineer (all genders)

About cargovibe

Lets fix trucking. For real.

cargovibe is building the digital co-pilot for truck drivers - the people who keep supply chains running yet have been largely overlooked in digital transformation. Our platform helps drivers and logistics companies make operations more predictable less stressful and more efficient.

We already have first customers real product feedback from the field strong momentum from the industry and are backed by Unicorn Founders and leading logistics executives.

Now were entering the next phase: building out the existing product scaling our customer base and strengthening our tech.

Tasks

Your Role

Were hiring our Founding Engineer to help take our product to the next level together with our tech team.

Youll work closely and on the same level with the founders our engineering lead customers and drivers. You wont be building in isolation - youll be working on a product that solves real problems every single day.

What Youll Do

• Own product-critical features end-to-end - from database schema and backend APIs to frontend/mobile integration
• Further develop our React Native app backend systems and technical infrastructure
• Integrate logistics geo routing and real-time data into a product that drivers actually use every day
• Work closely with founders engineering customers and drivers to turn real-world problems into reliable product solutions
• Move fast take ownership and make decisions in a dynamic startup environment

Requirements

What You Bring

• Professional experience with TypeScript / Node and a corresponding testing framework (i.e. Jest)
• Solid experience with React / React Native ideally Expo
• Good understanding of backend systems API Integrations and data models
• Previous experience in fast-paced software teams ideally in a startup scale-up or product-driven engineering environment is a plus
• Hands-on experience in leveraging AI tools as a natural part of your daily workflow
• Interest in mobile development logistics geo data or automation
• Independent working style and a high bar for reliable software

Nice to have: experience with mobile apps routing/maps real-time data cloud infrastructure or LLM/voice features.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and early ownership through VSOP
• Real product impact: your code reaches users quickly
• High responsibility fast decisions and strong ownership
• Remote-first work with no fixed office requirement
• Hubs in Münster and Hamburg plus regular team days and offsites
• Sparring with Unicorn Founders logistics executives and experienced operators
• A strong network across logistics startups and investors
• Modern equipment learning budget and the standards youd expect
• Develop in the areas you care about most - whether thats product architecture AI mobile infrastructure or logistics
• The chance to build a core platform for Europes trucking industry

Our Hiring Process

We respect your time. Max 10 days end-to-end:

1. Intro call with Leon (30 min): mutual fit your questions comp transparency
2. Tech conversation with our Tech Lead Kai (60 min): architecture problem-solving walk-through
3. Take-home or pair-programming
4. Final round with all founders: culture mission vision
5. Offer

Why Now

The most important asset in logistics isnt the truck. Its the driver.

Europe is facing a massive driver shortage. This isnt just an operational issue for logistics companies - its a broader economic and societal problem. When drivers leave supply chains slow down.

At the same time driver workflows are still heavily underserved by modern technology.

Thats exactly where cargovibe comes in. We build technology that supports drivers improves logistics companies planning and helps solve one of the most critical bottlenecks in Europes economy.

Apply

Dont tick every box Thats totally fine. If youre excited about cargovibe and believe you can help us build wed still love to hear from you.

Send your CV and anything else that helps us understand what youve built - GitHub portfolio references side projects or links to previous work.

Leon Schumacher

just DM me directly on LinkedIn - an informal first chat is totally fine.