Founding Software Engineer
Hera, Berlin, Berlin, DE +1
The role
This is our first hire. You won't just be an engineer, you'll be a founding member shaping the technical foundation of a company that will enable 5% of the world's population to create video content.
Building creative software is uniquely challenging: there's no fixed process users follow. Everyone wants to create something new, express their ideas differently. This means endless edge cases and the need for exceptionally robust software.
What you will do
- Partner with the founders to deliver user-centric product solutions from concept to production
- Own end-to-end development of full-stack features with scalable architecture design
- Build and optimize agentic LLM systems incorporating tool-calling, multi-step reasoning, and MCP protocols
- Optimize LLM inference performance, cost efficiency, and latency across multiple model architectures
- Develop a high-performance motion graphics engine
- Drive architectural decisions that support scalable growth to millions of users