Founding Engineer (Forward-Deployed)

Zeit AI allows enterprises to access their tabular data with just a few words. Founded by ex-Palantir team, joined YC in S24, raised $2.7M and reached high 6-figure ARR.

66% of Palantir's workforce are data engineers customers pay $1–2M/year for — because turning enterprise data into value is hard. We've done this for years. Now we're building an agent that does it 10x faster. We need your help. Role and what we mean by Founding Engineer (FE): (Early stage) The map is 80% fog. The path is not straight. You need to thrive in ambiguity. (End-to-end) Everyone does everything. Sales, design, product, customer success — you've touched most of these and want to own the full cycle. (Foundations) You're laying the groundwork for the company and product, not just code. You might be more Forward-Deployed (FD FE): Own customer outcomes. Identify gaps. Deliver value. Run workshops, work side-by-side with users. Where the agent falls short, you step in — connect data, run analysis, build workflows. Bring learnings back to the product: highlight friction, design better workflows, extend the agent's abilities. What we look for You're in Munich or can be — remote doesn't cut it at this stage. You're fluent in TypeScript, React, and building scalable data-heavy apps (even more relevant for Product FE). You think in outcomes, not just features. You have customer empathy baked in. Why join us We're growing fast We jump between Munich and San Francisco — to run product sprints, meet investors, and stay close to the cutting edge (AI labs, founder friends, early adopters). You'll be at the heart of agentic workflows — building not just features, but a new way of working. High equity, low politics, full ownership — your fingerprint will be all over the product and the company.