Founding Engineer (all genders)

🚛 About cargovibe

Let’s fix trucking. For real.

cargovibe is building the digital co-pilot for truck drivers - the people who keep supply chains running, yet have been largely overlooked in digital transformation. Our platform helps drivers and logistics companies make operations more predictable, less stressful, and more efficient.

We already have first customers, real product feedback from the field, strong momentum from the industry, and are backed by Unicorn Founders and leading logistics executives.

Now we’re entering the next phase: building out the existing product, scaling our customer base, and strengthening our tech.

Tasks

💜 Your Role

We’re hiring our Founding Engineer to help take our product to the next level together with our tech team.

You’ll work closely and on the same level with the founders, our engineering lead, customers, and drivers. You won’t be building in isolation - you’ll be working on a product that solves real problems every single day.

⚡️ What You’ll Do

• Own product-critical features end-to-end - from database schema and backend APIs to frontend/mobile integration
• Further develop our React Native app, backend systems, and technical infrastructure
• Integrate logistics, geo, routing, and real-time data into a product that drivers actually use every day
• Work closely with founders, engineering, customers, and drivers to turn real-world problems into reliable product solutions
• Move fast, take ownership, and make decisions in a dynamic startup environment

Requirements

🛠 What You Bring

• Professional experience with TypeScript / Node and a corresponding testing framework (i.e. Jest)
• Solid experience with React / React Native, ideally Expo
• Good understanding of backend systems, API Integrations, and data models
• Previous experience in fast-paced software teams, ideally in a startup, scale-up, or product-driven engineering environment, is a plus
• Hands-on experience in leveraging AI tools as a natural part of your daily workflow
• Interest in mobile development, logistics, geo data, or automation
• Independent working style and a high bar for reliable software

Nice to have: experience with mobile apps, routing/maps, real-time data, cloud infrastructure, or LLM/voice features.

Benefits

💼 What We Offer

• Competitive salary and early ownership through VSOP
• Real product impact: your code reaches users quickly
• High responsibility, fast decisions, and strong ownership
• Remote-first work with no fixed office requirement
• Hubs in Münster and Hamburg, plus regular team days and offsites
• Sparring with Unicorn Founders, logistics executives, and experienced operators
• A strong network across logistics, startups, and investors
• Modern equipment, learning budget, and the standards you’d expect
• Develop in the areas you care about most - whether that’s product, architecture, AI, mobile, infrastructure, or logistics
• The chance to build a core platform for Europe’s trucking industry

🧭 Our Hiring Process

We respect your time. Max 10 days end-to-end:

1. Intro call with Leon (30 min): mutual fit, your questions, comp transparency
2. Tech conversation with our Tech Lead Kai (60 min): architecture, problem-solving, walk-through
3. Take-home or pair-programming
4. Final round with all founders: culture, mission, vision
5. Offer

🚀 Why Now

The most important asset in logistics isn’t the truck. It’s the driver.

Europe is facing a massive driver shortage. This isn’t just an operational issue for logistics companies - it’s a broader economic and societal problem. When drivers leave, supply chains slow down.

At the same time, driver workflows are still heavily underserved by modern technology.

That’s exactly where cargovibe comes in. We build technology that supports drivers, improves logistics companies' planning, and helps solve one of the most critical bottlenecks in Europe’s economy.

✉️ Apply

Don’t tick every box? That’s totally fine. If you’re excited about cargovibe and believe you can help us build, we’d still love to hear from you.

Send your CV and anything else that helps us understand what you’ve built - GitHub, portfolio, references, side projects, or links to previous work.

👤 Leon Schumacher

📱 https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-schumacher-911220175/

Or just DM me directly on LinkedIn - an informal first chat is totally fine.