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