Founding Engineer, Product & Process

Overview

About the Role A seed-stage tax advisory technology company is building the modern operating system for the German tax advisory industry. The company acquires established accounting and tax firms and transforms them with an AI-powered platform, automating workflows, centralising support services, and enabling advisors to focus on high-value client work. As Founding Engineer, Product & Process ,

What you'll do

• About the Role A seed-stage tax advisory technology company is building the modern operating system for the German tax advisory industry.
• The company acquires established accounting and tax firms and transforms them with an AI-powered platform, automating workflows, centralising support services, and enabling advisors to focus on high-value client work.
• As Founding Engineer, Product & Process , you'll be responsible for turning real-world tax advisory work into executable, scalable systems.
• You'll own the full journey from rapid prototype to hardened production workflow, and directly shape how work flows across acquired firms.
• This is a high-ownership, deeply technical role at the intersection of product thinking, process design, and backend engineering.
• What You'll Do Analyse workflows across accounting, payroll, reporting, and client communication to surface bottlenecks, handovers, failure modes, and unnecessary manual steps.
• Rapidly design and build MEPs/MVPs to automate and validate workflows.
• Implement workflow orchestration systems using tools such as n8n , Temporal , or custom backend services.
• Collaborate in tight feedback loops with tax advisors and engineers to ensure solutions are grounded in domain reality.
• Own the full transition from prototype → hardened, production-grade workflow.

Requirements

• Practical experience with Engineering.
• Relevant academic or project background for a Founding Engineer, Product & Process role.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working on-site in Berlin.

Skills