Founding Engineer (Front-end)

We’re offering a unique opportunity to join our startup as a Founding Engineer with a focus on front-end development. If you are interested to work in a dynamic environment with high levels of responsibility and be part of building a successful company from the very beginning, we have the perfect position for you 😎

As one of our first team members, you’ll play a key role in creating a truly innovative SaaS product. The position comes with a competitive salary and an attractive equity share (VSOP), giving you a stake in the success of the startup.

About Zapdeck

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 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.

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.

Tasks

• Lead front-end development: Drive the development of our AI product, incl. exciting features like a drag-and-drop slide editor and live collaboration.
• Ensure high code quality: Maintain high standards of code quality, ensuring robust, maintainable, and scalable front-end codebases.
• Contribute to product strategy: Play a key role in shaping the product strategy by providing insights into front-end development capabilities and limitations.
• Grow and manage a team: Hire engineering staff, plan the technical product roadmap, and act as a sparring partner for junior team members.

Requirements

Professional requirements

• 4–5 years of experience developing front-end technology for advanced SaaS products, ideally with React and TypeScript
• Strong knowledge of MVC and MVVM patterns, and proficiency in consuming and integrating RESTful APIs
• Expertise in writing modular, maintainable CSS with SCSS or CSS-in-JS libraries (e.g., styled-components)
• Bonus: Experience in content, media, or design-related industries, such as web-based tools for graphic design or video editing

Other requirements

• Residency in Europe. Please kindly note that we cannot consider applications from other parts of the word – thank you for your understanding!
• Fluency in English, our main business language
• Availability to start within a short time frame (ideally within 1 month)

Benefits

• Attractive package of a monthly salary and VSOP shares in a fast-growing AI startup that will increase significantly in value over time
• The opportunity to work independently and creatively in a young and ambitious team and help build a successful startup from the ground up
• Flexible remote working model in combination with team events in Berlin, where we meet in person and enjoy a fun time together :)
• Opportunity to take on a lot of responsibility quickly and develop your professional skills

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