Job description
Founding Engineer
Company Overview
We're Fastalyze. We build software for freight forwarders, the people who make goods move in containers around the world, and we're just getting started. Our team is two founders and one engineer. The tech team is experienced (ex-Google, Raisin, SoundCloud); our CEO is ex-BCG and a WHU alum. We have real customers, real revenue, and more work than we can handle.
Job Summary
We need a third person who wants to own things, not just implement tickets. Someone who moves fast, is eager to learn, and wants to help build something that lasts and genuinely changes an industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Shipping. A lot. You build it, you test it, you support it.
- Depending on your strengths, own one of three areas: Frontend (wrangle the current codebase/CSS), Backend (expand data models to support new business areas), or Document Ingestion (model fine-tuning, extracting data from PDFs, program synthesis).
- Collaborate across the full stack as needed to support your primary area.
Requirements / Qualifications
- High urgency: Thrive in fast-paced environments.
- Comfort with ambiguity: Little structure, new daily challenges.
- Builder mentality: Desire to create something real.
- Low ego, high learning curve, and a growth mindset regarding mistakes.
Location
Berlin Mitte, Germany. (On-site role, no relocation support).
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
- Real ownership in Fastalyze's long-term success.
- Office in Berlin Mitte.
- 25 days vacation and flexibility.
- Impact from day one, flat hierarchy, no politics.
Application Process
- 45-minute intro call.
- Technical / work assessment.
- Final interview with both founders.
