Founding Design Engineer

About the Role

A fast\-growing, Y Combinator\-backed B2B SaaS startup in Munich is hiring its first Founding Design Engineer. This is a rare opportunity to own the full design and front\-end experience of an AI\-first product — from concept through production — working directly alongside the CPO and a tight\-knit engineering team. You'll shape not just the product, but the culture, processes, and technical direction of the company from day one.

The product automates complex inside\-sales workflows — including quote generation and order management — for distributors and manufacturers. Interfaces must be intuitive for non\-technical users while handling deeply structured, data\-heavy processes.

What You'll Do

• Own the visual design, interaction design, and front\-end implementation of core product features end\-to\-end.


• Collaborate closely with the CPO and engineers to create clean, intuitive interfaces for non\-technical B2B users.


• Speak directly with customers to uncover problems and translate findings into requirements and interface designs.


• Build rapid prototypes using AI tools and code to validate product hypotheses with real users.


• Design and implement AI\-first interfaces that simplify complex workflows such as RFQ parsing, product matching, and quote generation.


• Ship production\-quality front\-end code and work hand\-in\-hand with engineers to deliver features.


• Contribute as an early team member to shape company culture, processes, and product direction.

What We're Looking For

• 2–5 years of experience as a design engineer, product designer, or frontend engineer with a strong portfolio in AI and complex B2B SaaS.


• Proven ability to conduct customer\-facing research and synthesize findings into product requirements and designs.


• Experience designing systems to parse and extract structured data from unstructured inputs (PDFs, emails, spreadsheets) for quote generation workflows.


• Familiarity with reinforcement learning techniques and experience contributing to or designing a product\-matching engine.


• High proficiency with AI\-assisted tools (e.g., Lovable, Cursor, Claude) and rapid design/prototyping in Figma.


• Comfortable shipping production code in React, TypeScript, and Python.


• Fluent in both German and English.


• Thrives in a fast\-paced startup environment; comfortable with ambiguity, ownership, and rapid iteration.


• Willing to work in\-person from the Munich office (or open to relocation).

Location \& Work Arrangement

This role is on\-site in Munich, Germany. Candidates must be willing to work from the Munich office full\-time. Relocation is welcome. Visa sponsorship is not available — candidates must already have the right to work in Germany.

About the Company

This is a seed\-stage, Y Combinator alumni startup building AI\-powered automation for B2B sales workflows in the industrial distribution and manufacturing space. The platform integrates with ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle, is GDPR\-compliant, and is certified to enterprise security standards. The team is growing quickly and looking for founding\-team caliber people who want to build something meaningful from the ground up.

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