BoWatt
via Ashby
Founding Design Engineer
This is the employer's own posting, not a copy on a job board.
What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 1d ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 27d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-08-18). Last seen at its source 2h ago.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
Their board carries a remote setting on this posting — a field they filled in, not wording we read. The location field names somewhere specific, which is usually where the team or the entity sits.
Who may apply?
Germany
The description states no restriction of its own. This is the source's own tag.
Pay
€65k–100k/yr
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Skills named in the ad
Recognised terms only, from a fixed vocabulary — this is what CV matching compares against.
Carried by 1 source
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ashby employer's own board first seen 17d ago · last seen 2h ago
The listing
BoWatt is building agentic requirements and systems engineering software for manufacturing. We believe AI will reach PhD-level engineering capability within the next 10 years. This will unlock massive value across complex manufacturing industries. Cars. Planes. Rockets. Factories. Chips. Medical devices. All will be engineered with agents.
We bootstrapped BoWatt to €500k+ ARR before raising our first round. BoWatt is backed by tier-1 investors, including Atlantic Foodlabs, Buildery (CDTM affiliates), and Prequel Ventures, along with angels from Cohere and Luminovo.
You’ll join a small team of startup builders focused on speed, ownership, and execution. Over half the team are former founders, with backgrounds across DeepTech AI, gaming, and other startups. We’ve studied and worked at institutions and companies including Stanford, TUM, Google, EA, and YC-backed AI startups.
You will define and implement our design system together with the product team and improve the overall UI/UX of our platform.
You will work closely with product to design beautiful user experiences for upcoming features.
You will build and ship features across our React / TypeScript / Tailwind frontend.
You will own your work, collaborate closely with the team (product, engineering and customer success) and continuously improve our app.
Are an engineer turned designer, or vice versa, or always have been the one on the team understanding the value of easy-to-use interfaces.
Have 3+ years of experience shipping frontend production code.
Have 3+ years of experience designing for the web.
Have a portfolio of projects that show your product sense and design taste.
May have some interest in upskilling into backend development.
Are based in Germany and have the right to work here.
Competitive salary based on experience (€65,000 - €100,000)
Equity in the company (0.5 - 1%)
Fully remote, hybrid, or onsite? Up to you.
25 vacation days per year plus public holidays
Top-tier hardware, as well as any other tools of your choice
30min Screening call
1.5-2hr Product Interview (CTO + CPO)
1hr Culture fit interview (CEO + CPO)
Offer and reference checks