Founding AI Engineer

Consultants worldwide spend millions of hours every day creating presentations. Zapdeck is set to revolutionize this task with powerful AI software that empowers users to create professionally designed presentations in minutes.

At the heart of Zapdeck is an innovative agentic AI technology—the first capable of converting text directly into professional slide designs. Our product features an intuitive editor that enables seamless collaboration, helps users craft cohesive storylines, and transforms them into polished slides ready for export.

The presentation creation industry is a multi-billion-dollar market undergoing significant disruption due to advancements in generative AI. Zapdeck has secured substantial pre-seed funding and is building partnerships with leading companies in the industry. We are now on track to becoming one of Germany's leading AI start-ups.

We are seeking an experienced Founding AI Engineer (full-time) to join us as one of the first employees and help build Zapdeck from the ground up. The ideal candidate is motivated to step up to the mark, build radical new technology that will disrupt the industry, and accompany our company over the coming investment rounds.

You will be part of a team with extensive experience. Our co-founder / CEO Frederik is a former consultant at BCG and our co-founder / CTO Riccardo is the former technical CPO of InsurTech startup INZMO. The role offers a high level of creative freedom and responsibility, combined with an attractive equity share in the company (VSOP).

Tasks

• Develop AI features: Further develop our agentic AI solution with fine-tuned LLMs, Information Retrieval, classification models and other methodologies.
• Evolve backend: Develop our AI backend based on Python following clean code practices and enterprise-level architectural design patterns.
• Build asynchronous systems: Build and maintain asynchronous systems for automation and bulk use cases.
• Manage data and models: Collect and preprocess data, oversee model lifecycle management, including version control and performance monitoring.
• Drive innovation: Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI and contribute to our AI and product strategy to maintain the competitive edge.

Requirements

Professional requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in AI/ML development, with hands-on expertise in training and fine-tuning ML models, including LLMs.
• Solid experience with machine learning libraries and frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Hugging Face, and strong skills in Python.
• Experience in collecting, preprocessing, and managing data pipelines for training, with knowledge of tools like pandas or NumPy and REST APIs.
• Bonus: Familiarity with versioning, deployment, and monitoring of ML models in production environments, incl. managing AI related cloud infrastructure.
• Bonus: Experience with Gen AI applications in media and design, with AI-powered enterprise software, or agentic AI solutions.

Other requirements

• Residency and valid work authorization in Germany, preferably Berlin. Please kindly refrain from applying if you are not currently living in Germany.
• Fluency in English, our main business language
• Availability to start within a short time frame (e.g., within 1 month)

Benefits

• Attractive package of a monthly salary and VSOP shares in a fast-growing AI startup that could be worth several million in a few years.
• Opportunity to work independently and creatively in a young and ambitious team team and see the direct impact of your work.
• Hybrid working model with the option to work from home or from our office in Berlin Mitte, and flexible working hours.
• Possibility to build your own team and take on more responsibility in a managerial role in a short space of time.
• Regular team events as well as free snacks and drinks in our office Berlin Mitte :)

Join us to create a disruptive AI product and shape a globally successful company 🚀