Staff Engineer – AI Product Focus

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Lead the creation and ongoing enhancement of AI-driven functionalities, utilizing LLMs and voice technologies across various communication platforms.

• Design, develop, and manage scalable systems on GCP, employing React for the frontend and serverless Node.js / Express services in the backend — all implemented in TypeScript.

• Shape and refine AI capabilities by iterating on prompts, evaluations, and system behavior to ensure consistent, high-quality user experiences.

• Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering standards to guarantee long-term scalability, maintainability, and performance.

• Assume complete ownership of features — from defining scope and technical design to delivery, monitoring, and iterative improvements based on real user feedback.

• Enhance developer experience by advancing tools, workflows, and code quality (e.g., refactoring, AI-assisted development, testing methodologies) within your team and across the engineering organization.

• Mentor and assist engineers through collaborative engagement, code reviews, and knowledge sharing, functioning in an individual contributor capacity without formal management duties.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to convert user requirements and business objectives into effective technical solutions.

• Stay informed about advancements in AI (LLMs, voice, multimodal systems, and agents) and translate new capabilities into production-ready features.

• Accept accountability for technical outcomes, ensuring high quality, reliability, and timely delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of software engineering experience with a proven history of technical leadership.

• Extensive experience with TypeScript, including advanced patterns and best practices.

• In-depth AI knowledge and market awareness (real-time voice, multimodality, LLM integration, and evaluations).

• Expert-level familiarity with modern, AI-enhanced engineering tools and workflows (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot).

• Strong cloud experience (such as GCP or AWS / Azure) with infrastructure design capabilities.

• Solid software engineering background with expertise in system design.

• Significant experience in teaching, advocating for technology choices, and mentoring both teams and individuals.

• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to align business and technical stakeholders.

• Experience leading technical initiatives and facilitating organizational change.

• Language proficiency: English at C1 level is mandatory; German is a plus but not required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Team Spirit: We are fueled by passion, commitment, and a shared mission. Team spirit is important to us — and we showcase it with four major team event weeks each year, casual monthly gatherings both on-site and remotely, and a strong recognition culture that celebrates both significant and small successes together.

• Ownership: You are encouraged to take ownership from the very first day. In a flat hierarchy and high-trust environment, you are empowered to make impactful decisions and drive meaningful change.

• Learning & Growth: We prioritize your personal and professional development through a robust feedback culture, a €1,500 annual learning budget, 2 dedicated education days in addition to your vacation, and targeted enablement formats. Our aim is to help you realize your full potential.

• AI Enablement: Our internal tools and workflows are intentionally AI-enabled. We assist every team member in leveraging AI at an advanced level in their daily tasks, including providing your own ChatGPT+ license.

• Tech & Tooling: You will receive a MacBook, premium headphones, and all necessary resources — from hardware to software tools — to excel in your daily responsibilities.

• Flexibility: Work fully remote within Germany while maintaining close connections with the team. We gather in Hamburg at least once per quarter to collaborate, connect, and celebrate in person — and for some roles, even more frequently (e.g., monthly), depending on the team structure and scope. Additionally, if you seek a change of scenery, working from abroad for up to 2 months per year is always an option.

• Recharge: To ensure you have ample time to rest, we offer 30 vacation days annually (based on a 5-day workweek) plus December 24th off. We also subsidize your Urban Sports Club membership and organize internal sports meetups.

• Mobility: You can lease a "JobRad" (bike) and receive a subsidized "Deutschlandticket" or "BahnCard" for public transport to support your commuting needs.

• International Environment: We are becoming increasingly international each month, with team members already in Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Austria — which is why English serves as our internal company language.