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Zeit AI
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Founding Engineer (Product)

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Verified Equity

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0.1% - 1%
Salary€70K – €110K
LocationMunich, Germany
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Company Description

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.

Founder background

Founders ex-Palantir team. YC S24 batch.

Traction

High 6-figure ARR. Enterprise customers.

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. Or more Product-focused (Product FE): Build what makes customer work repeatable, scalable, efficient. Spot common pain. Prototype solutions. Ship. Validate with users. Kill solution if needed. Move the product from "zero" to "possible" to "automatic". 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • You think in outcomes, not just features. You have customer empathy baked in.

Nice to Haves

  • 3+ years of experience
  • Experience with PostgreSQL

Benefits

  • High equity
  • Low politics
  • Full ownership — your fingerprint will be all over the product and the company

Compensation Details

€70K - €110K EUR. 0.10% - 1.00% equity. 4-year vest with 1-year cliff typical for seed stage.

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Enterprise data insights via natural language

Team size6-10
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About the job

Location
Munich, Germany
Work policy
On-site
Visa sponsorship
Available
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Equity at an exit

Verified Equity
0.1% - 1%
Exit valuationGross value
$50M$40K – $400K
$500M$400K – $4M
$1B$800K – $8M
$5B$4M – $40M
$10B$8M – $80M

After 20% dilution, before taxes. An illustration, not a promise.

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Tech Stack

PostgreSQLReactTypeScriptFigma