Founders Associate - AI/ML Consulting Lead

As the Founders Associate – AI/ML Consulting Lead, you’ll take a hands-on role in expanding our software engineering and AI/ML services. You’ll lead and grow a skilled team of forward-deployed engineers, and secure and manage major projects for clients across industries like retail, insurance, and energy.

This role includes a clear path to significant equity and future C-level responsibility.

Who we are: 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 machine learning software for predictive analytics on relational business data. Our patented algorithms automate feature discovery through supervised learning, uncovering prediction-relevant domain logic in unprecedented detail. Most importantly, accelerating customer projects with getML reduces delivery timelines from months to days, while providing more accurate predictions – both crucial for maximising our partners’ ROI. – Read more on https://getml.com.

• Anticipated Start Date: Q2/2025
• Location: On-site or remote during the first six months (based in the EU, with Leipzig comfortably reachable by train). Conversion to a permanent, full-time management role requires on-site presence in Leipzig.

Tasks

• Lead Client Engagements: Oversee engineering and AI/ML projects from planning through delivery, ensuring measurable business outcomes.
• Identify & Drive Growth: Pinpoint high-value AI/ML use cases, lead client workshops to solve challenges, and cultivate new business.
• Develop & Lead Team: Recruit, mentor, and foster the growth of our professional services team.
• Spearhead Sales & Marketing: Identify recurring industry challenges for AI/ML solutions, manage lead generation and close new projects.
• Shape Brand & Presence: Guide our market positioning and lead strategic marketing initiatives.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of project delivery experience
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams
• Solid understanding of software development and machine learning concepts
• Strong networking and client relationship-building skills
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities
• Highly self-motivated with strong ownership and collaboration skills
• Fluency in both German and English

Benefits

• Latest hardware, including your choice of Apple or Framework notebooks, height-adjustable desk, and a 40