Founding Software Engineer (Backend)

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Remote (Germany-based candidates only)

Salary: €80,000 - €140,000/yr (depending on experience)

Start Date: June 1st

About Huzzle

At Huzzle, we connect exceptional talent with top opportunities at leading companies across the UK, US, Canada, Europe & Australia. We only admit the top candidates into our talent pool, ensuring they are matched with exclusive, long-term opportunities. Unlike an outsourcing agency, we place you directly with a client where you're hired in-house to work as a valued member of their team.

About The Company

This Berlin-based startup is on a mission to redefine how audits are done through AI technology. Manual audits are slow, costly, and frustrating. Their solution? Specialized AI agents that streamline complex audit workflows and eliminate repetitive tasks—starting with IT audits for regulated companies. Backed by multi-million Euro funding from top-tier VCs and already trusted by paying customers, they're scaling fast and hiring founding engineers to help build the future of AI-powered auditing.

Job Summary

As a Founding Software Engineer (Backend), you'll help define and build the company's tech backbone. You'll lead development in two core areas: the backend API that powers the web platform, and the robust RAG pipelines supporting the AI capabilities. This is a role for ambitious engineers who want high ownership, technical depth, and a front-row seat in shaping a category-defining product.

You'll contribute across the stack—working closely with founders on design, architecture, and product direction—while influencing both tech strategy and team culture from day one.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance backend systems, favoring direct SQL and clean API architecture (RPC preferred).
• Lead development of asynchronous, queue-based pipelines powering AI audit functionality.
• Help architect safe, scalable RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems.
• Contribute to backend features across user management, authentication, and internal tools.
• Participate in experiments, prototype evaluations, and data analysis.
• Influence product and technical decisions as a core member of the founding team.
• Support infrastructure work and CI/CD using Terraform and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP)

Requirements

• Strong experience in backend development using Python.

• Familiarity with at least one statically typed language (Go, Rust, Java, C#).

• Solid understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL; hands-on SQL preferred over ORMs.

• Experience designing and consuming clean, scalable APIs.

• Familiarity with asynchronous systems (e.g., pipelines, workflow engines, task queues).

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and deployment to cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).

• Experience in B2B SaaS environments with exposure to auth systems, user management, and internal ops tooling.

• Based in Germany, available to work full-time in Central European Time (CET)

• Nice-to-have:

• Prior experience in startups or founding teams.

• Exposure to RAG pipelines or AI-driven systems

Benefits

💰 Competitive salary: €80,000 - €140,000/yr (depending on experience)

🚀 High-impact role with ownership from day one

🌍 Remote-first flexibility + central Berlin office access

🎓 Personal learning budget for courses & conferences

🍽️ Regular team lunches, retreats & a supportive, ambitious culture