Full Stack Engineer

Have you ever taken on a hard architectural challenge with the quiet resolve of Frodo Baggins – stepping forward to do what needed doing, even when the way forward wasn't yet clear? Do you push through engineering problems with the determined patience of Luke Skywalker training under Yoda, sure that the breakthrough is closer with each attempt? Do you build tools that fade into the background, the way Po’s hard-won training in Kung Fu Panda becomes invisible the moment he needs it – letting people do something they couldn’t before?

Have you ever watched a film and wondered how many more inspiring stories never get made? We at Malao are on a mission to transform the entertainment industry, creating stories with characters audiences love that spark change in our world. Across innovative technology platforms, original films and unique location-based experiences, at Malao you’ll dive into a game-changing environment where we combine human intuition with artificial intelligence to bring the world more Meaningful Entertainment.

With successful fundraising from investors and Creative Europe MEDIA, we’re now working to build and market our “Studio in your Pocket”: Sputo. With Sputo, we are building a platform for tomorrow’s filmmakers that combines generative AI, game engine technology and agent-based systems into one coherent product. We support the creator to previsualize their screenplay, create a business case with success analytics and develop pitch materials. Sputo will initially launch for film, but can expand for any creative product – from TV shows and theater productions to podcast series and events. The possibilities are as open-ended as your creativity.

• Architecting and scaling a multi-app, AI-native platform built on Cloudflare's edge cloud and a fully type-safe TypeScript stack, with React/SSR on the frontend and a monorepo-based engineering setup
• Designing embedding pipelines, retrieval systems, and agent-based workflows
• Making system-level trade-offs across performance, cost, scalability, security and AI inference workloads
• Establishing high-quality engineering standards and modern, AI-assisted development workflows as the team grows
• Collaborating closely across product, design and engineering to bring a complex, intelligent system to market

• A competitive compensation package: a fixed salary plus virtual shares (VSOP), so you share in the company’s success
• Monthly team events, such as free dinners, game nights, internal hackathons and active offsites
• Access to any AI and productivity tools you need to do your best work
• A paid cinema ticket every month (your choice of movie)
• Wellpass subscription, giving you free access to over 400 gyms, fitness clubs and spas in Munich alone
• A great office in the heart of Munich’s innovative business quarter, with the flexibility to work remotely
• Support with relocation to Munich, including access to the WERK1 apartment program (flat for only €850 per month on short-term contract)
• ... and being part of a team building projects with the potential to make a real, positive difference in our world

• You have architected and scaled production-grade, multi-tenant SaaS systems that integrate AI capabilities into the core architecture, and you understand how such systems behave under real-world constraints of speed, cost and scale
• You operate confidently across a modern TypeScript-based stack, making system-level decisions that span frontend, backend, data and infrastructure
• You operate in an AI-native way — leveraging advanced AI-assisted development tools and emerging workflows to increase speed and quality — and you actively stay at the forefront of software development
• You have a flexible approach to challenges, coupled with the readiness to pivot as required in a dynamic startup environment
• Malao's values of truth, justice, courage, gratitude and joy resonate with you, and you thrive in an environment of open communication and candor