Founding Front-End Lead

Zapdeck is on its way to becoming one of Germany's leading AI start-ups. We are building an innovative AI software for creating presentations that is technologically highly innovative and has great scaling potential.

We are looking for an experienced Front-end Lead to join our team as a founding team member. The role is associated with a high degree of creative freedom and responsibility and is combined with an attractive equity share (VSOP).

About Zapdeck

In the German and English-speaking markets alone, professionals spend millions of hours every day creating presentations. Zapdeck aims to transform this process with our powerful AI software that enables users to create professionally designed presentations in minutes.

At the heart of Zapdeck is the first AI capable of converting text into professional slide design. Our product offers an intuitive editor that allows users to import data and collaborate with others to create a design for their presentation. The slides can be exported at any time for sharing or further editing.

The presentation creation industry is a multi-billion dollar market that is currently undergoing significant disruption due to advances in generative AI. We have partnered with leading consulting firms and agencies for beta testing and are in the process of raising a pre-seed investment to fuel our growth in the coming weeks.

You will be joining a team with excellent training and experience. The co-founders of Zapdeck are Frederik, who was previously a consultant at BCG and Bain and worked as a UX expert at SAP and Amazon Web Services, and Riccardo, a former CPO at the InsurTech startup INZMO and with extensive experience in building AI products.

Tasks

• Lead front-end development: Drive the development of our intuitive, high-performance web-based software interface, ensuring a seamless UX.
• Establish layout components: Work closely with the team to define and implement flexible layout components used to generate professional slides.
• 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

• At least 3-5 years of experience with React and TypeScript
• Strong understanding of MVC and MVVM architectural patterns
• Proficient in consuming and integrating RESTful APIs
• Expertise in writing modular and maintainable CSS using SCSS or CSS-in-JS libraries such as styled-components
• Ideally: Experience working in a company related to content, media, or design, such as web-based tools for graphic design or video editing

Other requirements

• Residency in Germany, preferably Berlin
• Valid work authorization (no sponsorship available)
• Self-driven work style and resilience to thrive in fast-paced environments
• Fluency in German or English
• Ideally: Available to start within a short time frame

Benefits

• Highly attractive 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 small team and see the direct impact of your work
• Flexible, hybrid working model with the option to work from home or from our office in Berlin Mitte
• Possibility to build your own team and take on more responsibility in a managerial role in a short space of time
• A young and ambitious team of likeminded people and a great sense of community through joint team events

We are looking forward to your application! 😊