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Tasks that once required teams of data engineers can now be solved faster and more flexibly, if the underlying data and workflows are set up correctly.\nZeit AI builds ZeitMind, the autonomous data engineer for the European mid-market. We work with real companies and real data: exports from ERP systems, CRM data, spreadsheets, internal databases. Our goal is that non-technical operators answer questions and run workflows using natural language that used to require external support or a lot of manual work.\nAs a Forward-Deployed Engineer, you make this happen with the customer. You connect data and solve concrete business problems with our product. You are a technical problem solver, the customer's trusted partner, and you feed everything you learn back into the product.\nWhat you will do\nsit with customers across different industries and understand how they operate today and where ZeitMind can take real work off their plate\n\nsolve real-world problems where value is hidden inside of data\n\nmodel business logic in ZeitMind and get it running in production\n\nown customers end to end and build data applications to make critical business decisions\n\nfeed what you learn back into the product\n\nYou will thrive here if you\nare comfortable and enjoy working directly with customers from Day 1\n\nthink in production systems, not one-off analyses\n\ncare whether something works in production and delivers value to end users\n\nare comfortable with ambiguity and enjoy figuring out what the right solution is\n\nbring a solid technical foundation to work with large data sets and critically understand SQL logic\n\nstudied at the intersection of business and computer science, such as business analytics, IT systems engineering or information systems\n\nspeak English C1 or above; German is a big plus (much of our customer base runs in German)\n\nWhat we offer\nMunich is our home base, while we grow internationally from London. In-person by design, we support your relocation within Europe.\n\nRegular team offsites for product sprints and staying close to the frontier.\n\nZeit AI package: daily lunch allowance, covered dinner in the office, wellpass membership, best tech & tools\n\n€5k referral bonus if we hire someone you refer.\n\nAbout the interview process\nFirst call with Elisa\n\nFounder data interview with Marvin\n\nDecomposition interview\n\nBehavioural founder interview\n\nReference check\n\nZeitMind take-home case + Meet the team\n\nOffer\n\nApply\nStill apply if you do not match every requirement. 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