Founding Engineer (m/w/d)

💜 Your Role

We’re hiring our Founding Engineer to help take our product to the next level together with our tech team. You’ll work closely with the founders, our engineering lead, customers, and drivers on the same level. You won’t be building in isolation - you’ll be working on a product that solves real problems every single day.

⚡️ What You’ll Do

• Own product-critical features end-to-end - from database schema and backend APIs to frontend/mobile integration
• Further develop our React Native app, backend systems, and technical infrastructure
• Integrate logistics, geo, routing, and real-time data into a product that drivers actually use every day
• Work closely with founders, engineering, customers, and drivers to turn real-world problems into reliable product solutions
• Move fast, take ownership, and make decisions in a dynamic startup environment

• Professional experience with TypeScript / Node and a corresponding testing framework (i.e. Jest)
• Solid experience with React / React Native, ideally Expo
• Good understanding of backend systems, API Integrations, and data models
• Previous experience in fast-paced software teams, ideally in a startup, scale-up, or product-driven engineering environment, is a plus
• Hands-on experience in leveraging AI tools as a natural part of your daily workflow
• Interest in mobile development, logistics, geo data, or automation
• Independent working style and a high bar for reliable software

Nice to have: experience with mobile apps, routing/maps, real-time data, cloud infrastructure, or LLM/voice features.

You’ll join a small, ambitious early-stage team of currently four full-time employees. We work hands-on, move fast, and are scaling cargovibe through its next growth phase and first funding round. You’ll work closely with Kai, our Technical Lead and former Senior Software Engineer. Expect high ownership, direct impact, and short decision-making paths.

Don’t tick every box? That’s totally fine. If you’re excited about cargovibe and believe you can help us build, we’d still love to hear from you.

Send your CV and anything else that helps us understand what you’ve built - GitHub, portfolio, references, side projects, or links to previous work.