Software Engineer, Foundation

Department: Engineering

Location: Berlin

Employment Type: FullTime

About the Role

Join the foundation team at a Series B education technology company, helping build the mobile app, AI and agent infrastructure, developer experience, and backend services. Your work will support product teams and contribute to tools used by learners.

What You'll Do

• Own core areas of the Flutter app, including shared components, design systems, state management, performance, and tooling.

• Build and improve AI infrastructure such as MCP servers, background agent platforms, evaluation systems, and feedback loops.

• Improve developer experience through CI/CD, release tooling, and faster feedback between writing code and seeing it in production.

• Ship user-facing features alongside platform work.

• Keep shared systems reliable so engineering teams can build on them confidently.

What We're Looking For

• Two to four years of production experience building mobile or web applications. Flutter and Dart experience is welcome but not required.

• Professional backend engineering experience and familiarity with building and operating production software.

• Daily, fluent use of agentic coding tools, with a thoughtful perspective on their strengths and limitations.

• A strong academic background and solid engineering fundamentals.

• Experience in a startup, early-stage company, or founding-engineer environment, with an entrepreneurial approach.

• Good design judgment, clear English communication, and an interest in improving systems that help other engineers work effectively.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: €80,000 to €110,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Berlin, Germany.