The Global Talent Co. - Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Requirements
• Several years of professional experience with TypeScript and Node.js. • TypeScript and Node.js • Strong depth in Postgres, including JSONB, query performance, and migrations. • JSONB, query performance, and migrations • Strong full-stack capabilities, with experience across: • Next.js 15 / React Query • Express / BullMQ • Express / BullMQ • AWS (ECS, RDS) • Terraform • Hands-on experience building and operating AI pipelines in production, beyond simply integrating an AI API. • Hands-on experience building and operating AI pipelines in production • Experience working with LLMs and AI-powered applications. • LLMs and AI-powered applications • Strong understanding of prompt engineering, context management, model selection, and AI evaluation. • prompt engineering, context management, model selection, and AI evaluation • Strong debugging skills in live production systems. • debugging skills in live production systems • High level of autonomy and ownership, with the ability to identify problems, develop solutions, and close the loop without hand-holding. • autonomy and ownership • Usability-first mindset, with the ability to build interfaces that genuinely work for end users. • Usability-first mindset • Comfortable working in an environment where not everything is fully defined and where engineers are expected to proactively shape solutions. • not everything is fully defined • AI-native approach to software development, with familiarity using tools such as Claude Code or Cursor. • AI-native approach to software development • Claude Code or Cursor • German language skills at B1 level or above. The customers and product are German-speaking, while the team works bilingually. • German language skills at B1 level or above • Experience with AI agents and tool-calling workflows in production. • AI agents and tool-calling workflows in production
Responsibilities
• Product Development & Full-Stack Engineering • Build and ship end-to-end product features independently, including the user interface. • end-to-end product features • Work confidently across the frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI pipeline. • frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI pipeline • Build from real user problems by working closely with the grant team, rather than simply implementing predefined tickets. • grant team • Develop interfaces with a usability-first mindset, ensuring the product genuinely works for grant writers. • usability-first mindset • Take ownership of problems from initial discovery through to production deployment. • production deployment • Contribute to reducing the time from starting a new project to a finished, submitted application through product improvements, automation, and better workflows. • finished, submitted application • AI Development & Evaluation • Advance the platform's AI capabilities through prompt engineering, context management, cost control, and multi-provider AI setups. • prompt engineering, context management, cost control, and multi-provider AI setups • Work with AI providers including AWS Bedrock, Anthropic, and OpenAI. • AWS Bedrock, Anthropic, and OpenAI • Build and operate AI pipelines in production, going beyond simply calling an API. • AI pipelines in production • Develop and own the company's AI evaluation practice, including prompt quality, model selection, and regression detection. • AI evaluation practice • Work with AI agents and tool-calling workflows where applicable. • AI agents and tool-calling workflows • Use AI-native development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor as part of your engineering workflow. • AI-native development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor • Production, Infrastructure & Reliability • Operate, monitor, and debug the live production environment. • live production environment • Work with tools including Sentry, CloudWatch, and Postgres performance monitoring. • Sentry, CloudWatch, and Postgres performance monitoring • Contribute to infrastructure running on AWS, including ECS and RDS. • Maintain and improve production reliability and performance. • reliability and performance • Identify and resolve technical issues with a strong debugging instinct in live systems. • debugging instinct in live systems • Engineering Architecture & Technical Leadership • Shape the company's technical architecture, code quality, engineering standards, and technical roadmap. • technical architecture, code quality, engineering standards, and technical roadmap • Help establish how the engineering team works and the technical standards it follows. • Identify better technical solutions proactively rather than waiting for predefined tasks. • Take complete ownership of technical problems and drive them through to resolution. • Contribute to building scalable technical foundations as one of the company's first engineering hires. • first engineering hires
Benefits
• Fully remote work is possible. • Fully remote work • Competitive compensation and participation in company success. • Real ownership as one of the company's first engineering hires, with the opportunity to shape the product, technology, and engineering standards. • Real ownership • product, technology, and engineering standards • €2,000 annual professional development budget. • €2,000 annual professional development budget • Opportunity to work on a scalable SaaS product with clear market demand and genuine social impact. • scalable SaaS product • Short decision paths and direct collaboration with the leadership team. • Short decision paths • Access to exclusive funding databases and modern tools. • exclusive funding databases and modern tools • Team events and optional workations. • Team events and optional workations • Our Culture • Our Culture • Customer First · Complete Ownership · Ship, Learn, Repeat · One Team
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