Ex Technical Founder (Product Engineer)

Cogram (YC W22) is an AI platform for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC). The platform automates project administration including RFIs & submittals, email filing, field notes, meeting minutes, and reporting. The $13T AEC industry traditionally relies on email chains, spreadsheets, and manual data entry. Backed by Y Combinator and Initialized Capital, the 15-person team competes successfully against much larger competitors.

This is a product engineering position for former technical founders who want hands-on coding responsibility. The role emphasizes customer interaction, end-to-end feature ownership, and working within a remote-first team with thin specs and high autonomy.

Key Requirements:

• Founded or co-founded a tech company with direct product-building experience
• Strong user communication and full-lifecycle feature design/shipping ability
• 3+ years production software experience (strong backend + frontend technologies)
• Habitual power user of AI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or whatever's next)
• Comfortable with unfamiliar technical domains
• Can explain trade-offs to diverse audiences
• Judgment about when to prioritize speed versus rigor

Bonus skills: LLM-based production software, React Native/Expo, cloud ops (AWS/Azure), Terraform, Kubernetes, AEC industry exposure

Tech Stack:

• Backend: Python (FastAPI), Postgres, Redis
• Frontend: React/TypeScript, React Native/Expo
• Infrastructure: Terraform/Kubernetes on AWS & Azure

Salary: €70K - €130K EUR Equity: 0.10% - 0.50%

Benefits:

• Fully remote with three annual offsites
• 38 paid days off (26 personal + 12 German public holidays)
• Competitive salary + generous equity
• Personal development stipend

Application Requirements:

• 1-2 paragraphs on background
• 1-2 lines on what you built and lessons learned
• URL to live project, repo, or open-source contribution
• Description of your current agentic-coding setup

No AI slop, please. If your experience doesn't match every line, apply anyway.