Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, GovTech & AI

• Develop full-stack features and fully fledged internal tools from ideation through architecture, implementation, and testing to rollout
• Design straightforward UI/UX and carry out the necessary backend engineering
• Develop rapid MVPs and mature features for production use
• Design and develop LLM-based features and agentic workflows, and integrate them into products
• Use prompt and context engineering, RAG, tool calling, and structured model outputs
• Make architectural and model decisions and develop appropriate evaluation methods
• Ensure reliable operations through guardrails, logging, and monitoring
• Improve quality, runtime, and costs based on measurable results
• Contribute to the platform architecture for services, data models, and security
• Share responsibility for deployment, CI/CD, and monitoring
• Ensure security, performance, cost efficiency, and stability in production
• Work closely with the founders and customers
• Translate user needs into technical solutions and clear user stories
• Contribute to prioritization and make pragmatic technical decisions

• Several years of experience in professional full-stack product development; four or more years is a guideline
• Excellent knowledge of TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks, ideally Svelte or Vue
• Excellent knowledge of modern backend technologies such as Node.js or Django
• Experience with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL, including schema design and the fundamentals of performance optimization
• Hands-on experience developing and operating LLM-based applications, including RAG, tool calling, and structured model outputs
• Ability to independently design and integrate AI workflows and improve them through systematic evaluation and error analysis
• Structured, reliable working style and clear communication
• Willingness to take ownership and contribute your own ideas
• Interest in understanding administrative processes and systems used by public authorities
• Ability to prioritize independently and make decisions in an early-stage environment with few established processes
• Clear documentation, such as architecture notes, ADRs, and onboarding documentation
• Excellent German and English language skills

• Permanent employment contract
• 40 hours per week
• 25 days of annual leave
• Remote-first work
• Option to use offices in Garching
• Professional and personal development through hands-on experience, regular feedback, and ownership of projects
• Opportunities for technical specialization, increasing responsibility, or leadership roles
• Travel expenses covered for in-person meetups
• Bonuses available
• Employee equity participation may be available