Pagyz
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Help us build Pagyz.

Pagyz is a context-aware research workspace that finds the right papers for a researcher's own project. It is live in early access on pagyz.com. Pagyz is part of the One Small Step incubator programme of the Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Siegen and Startpunkt57, and is applying for StartUp-Transfer.NRW funding. We are building the founding team.

Siegen (university office space) and remote.

Open roles

CTO / Technical Co-Founder (m/w/d)

Co-founder role with equity. Start part-time; full-time once funding is in place.

What you will do

  • Own Pagyz's architecture: React/TypeScript frontend, Supabase (Postgres, edge functions), AI pipelines.
  • Lead the context engine: PDF parsing (GROBID), embeddings and vector search, the research Brief and knowledge graph, paper retrieval and ranking.
  • Set up evaluation, quality, security and GDPR-compliant data handling (EU hosting).
  • Build and later lead a small tech team.

Must have

  • 4+ years building production web apps; strong TypeScript/React and SQL/Postgres.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, embeddings/vector search or retrieval systems (RAG).
  • Shipped something real end to end; comfortable deciding under uncertainty.
  • Fluent English (German is a plus).

Nice to have

  • Research background (MSc/PhD) or experience with scholarly data (OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar).
  • Information retrieval / ranking, knowledge graphs, evaluation design.
  • Supabase, Deno, Vercel; DevOps basics.

COO / Business Co-Founder (m/w/d)

Co-founder role with equity. Start date flexible.

What you will do

  • Go-to-market in Germany/DACH: universities, research groups, student communities; partnerships and pilots.
  • Funding: grant applications, investor relations, financial planning.
  • Operations: legal and GDPR, contracts, pricing, finance, later hiring.
  • Turn user feedback into priorities together with the product team.

Must have

  • Fluent German AND English, spoken and written — required.
  • Experience in business development, sales or operations in a startup, SaaS or EdTech/research context.
  • Understanding of the German university and research landscape.
  • Structured and numbers-literate; comfortable with funding applications and financial plans.

Nice to have

  • Network in DACH universities, libraries or research funding.
  • B2B/B2B2C SaaS sales; marketing on LinkedIn and in communities.
  • Own study or research experience in science.

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