Founding Senior Software Engineer (Poland)

ClipbookPolandProduct and Engineering

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Salary

Not listed

Job type

Full-time

Experience

Senior · 3+ yrs

Posted

10 Oct 2026

Status

Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

Founding Senior Software Engineer at Clipbook in Poland. This role suits engineers with at least three years of experience building and scaling production systems who want to shape core AI-driven features for a fast-growing SaaS platform.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement core backend systems, making architectural decisions across the stack.

Integrate large language models and other machine-learning components into production workflows, including retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, and fine-tuned models.

Build scalable services that can support a ten-fold increase in usage while balancing short-term and long-term investments.

Develop high-performance APIs and internal services with a focus on reliability, security, and a smooth customer experience.

Collaborate with a small engineering team that includes alumni from Meta, Stripe, and AWS, delivering features quickly to over 200 clients.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years experience building and scaling production backend systems.

Strong foundation in backend fundamentals such as services, data modeling, and distributed systems; depth in at least one technical area.

Demonstrated ability to ship features rapidly and iterate based on user feedback.

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills and Tools

Programming languages: Python, TypeScript

Databases: PostgreSQL

Data engineering: Spark, Kafka, Flink, BigQuery, streaming pipelines, ETL at scale

Distributed systems concepts: high-volume scaling, fault tolerance, eventual consistency

AI/ML: LLMs in production, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, fine-tuning, inference optimization

Cloud & DevOps: AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

About the Company

Clipbook provides a platform that ingests, understands, summarizes, and surfaces insights from news, TV, podcasts, social media, and web data in real time. Launched in 2023, the company serves more than 200 clients, including BCG, Weber Shandwick, and various government agencies. After bootstrapping to seven-figure ARR, Clipbook raised a $3.3 million seed round co-led by Mark Cuban and other investors. The founding team includes alumni from BCG, Bain, Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, the White House, and Congress, with prior startup experience backed by Sequoia, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Coatue, and NFX.

How to Apply

Apply through Clipbook’s official careers page.

FAQs

Q: What type of AI models will I work with?

A: The role involves deploying large language models, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, embeddings, and fine-tuned models in production.

Q: Is remote work possible?

A: The posting specifies the location as Poland; no remote option is mentioned.

Q: What cloud providers does Clipbook use?

A: Experience with AWS or GCP is required.

Q: How many customers will my work impact?

A: Features built will be shipped to over 200 existing customers.

Q: What is the size of the engineering team?

A: The team is described as small but includes engineers from Meta, Stripe, and AWS.

Q: Are there any specific data-engineering tools I should know?

A: Knowledge of Spark, Kafka, Flink, and BigQuery is highlighted as valuable.

Skills and tech stack

Python TypeScript PostgreSQL Spark Kafka Flink BigQuery AWS GCP Docker Kubernetes CI/CD LLMs RAG embeddings fine-tuning Fine-tuning Distributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

What type of AI models will I work with?

The role involves deploying large language models, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, embeddings, and fine-tuned models in production.

Is remote work possible?

The posting specifies the location as Poland; no remote option is mentioned.

What cloud providers does Clipbook use?

Experience with AWS or GCP is required.

How many customers will my work impact?

Features built will be shipped to over 200 existing customers.

What is the size of the engineering team?

The team is described as small but includes engineers from Meta, Stripe, and AWS.

Are there any specific data-engineering tools I should know?

Knowledge of Spark, Kafka, Flink, and BigQuery is highlighted as valuable.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Clipbook careers page.

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