About us

We’re Cortea, a Berlin startup transforming audits with AI. Manual, document-heavy audits waste expert time while demand keeps rising. Our AI-powered software and specialized AI agents remove the repetitive work so auditors can focus on judgment.

Backed by top-tier VCs with >10m funding, with a working product and paying customers, we’re rapidly scaling.

We value first-principles thinking, speed, trust, and kindness. We build side by side in our Berlin office.

Your Role

As our Founding Product Engineer, you’ll ship user-facing features end to end. You’ll focus on the frontend while comfortably building APIs and shaping database models. You’ll collaborate daily with product design and founders to turn complex audit flows into fast, elegant product experiences.

What you’ll do

Own features across the stack: UI → API → data model → tests → rollout
Work closely with design to turn ideas into high-quality interfaces
Raise code quality with reviews, tests, and pragmatic performance work
Help evolve our architecture, tooling, and developer experience

Qualifications

6+ years engineering experience
Strong product mindset and ownership

Frontend

React 18+: Proficiency with modern React, hooks and concurrent features
TypeScript: Strong typing skills, generic patterns, and complex type manipulations

Backend

APIs: Experience building production-level APIs
SQL: Experience modeling relational databases and implementing them

Bonus

PostgreSQL: Strong SQL skills, specifically with PostgreSQL. Understanding of multi-tenant architectures, indexing strategies, and migration management

No one checks every box. If you’re strong on the frontend and comfortable going down-stack, we want to talk.

What We Offer

High impact & growth: Front-row seat to scaling an AI startup with real ownership from day one
Mission-driven culture: First-principles thinking, bold ideas, and a supportive team
Compensation: €100–130k salary + meaningful equity
Personal development: Learning budget for courses and conferences
In-office setup: Central Berlin office, team lunches, retreats, flexible vacation

Interview process

First Call — Intro to Cortea with Peter
Second Call — Technical interview with Jendrik
Third Call — Deep dive into our culture with Philipp
On-site Half-Day (Berlin) — Meet the team and work on a real problem together