As the Founders Associate – Strategy, Product & Finance in AI/ML, you'll work with the founders to shape Code17’s next major leap: transitioning getML into a scalable SaaS offering. This role combines strategic product thinking with involvement in the finance ecosystem - helping us explore, design, and lead either an organic growth path or a VC-backed trajectory.
You’ll play a critical role in shaping how Code17 grows, develops partnerships, and builds the future of machine learning services for relational data - the digital backbone of any major company.
As a lean, bootstrapped team of 12, Code17 GmbH brings together senior software architects and pioneering ML researchers to partner with leading enterprises – Arvato, PwC, and AOK – on their toughest software engineering and AI challenges.
Our USP: At Code17, we build getML, a problem agnostic ML library for predictive analytics on relational business data. Our software combines proprietary and open-source components to deliver state-of-the-art automation for feature engineering. It cuts project timelines from months to days - while increasing accuracy and model interpretability. – Location: On-site or remote during the first six months (based in the EU, with Leipzig comfortably reachable by train). Lead SaaS Growth & Financial Modeling: Analyze growth paths (organic, VC), develop supporting business/financial models, and lead execution.
If VC is chosen, co-lead fundraising: investor relations, pitching, and closing deals.
0–5 years in tech consulting, VC, SaaS product management, or as a startup founder.
~ Fluent German and English.
Benefits
We work hard, but we also believe it should be fun and help you excel personally and professionally:
Subsidized lunches, a job ticket for commuting, and a fitness membership (Urban Sports Club or EGYM Wellpass)
Free drinks, from coffee to after-hours beer in our office
Onboarding
We are a lean, expert team of senior software architects and pioneering ML researchers who partner with leading enterprises like PwC and Arvato on their toughest data and AI challenges.
Our strategic advantage is getML, our proprietary machine learning software for relational data. Its patented algorithms automate feature discovery on relational and time series data, reducing project timelines from months to days while delivering more accurate predictions.