Lead AI Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Guide the engineering team while dedicating around 75% of your time to hands-on coding.

• Assume responsibility for complex features and architectural issues in agent, RAG, and workflow systems.

• Create technical plans and assist in shaping technical design choices.

• Collaborate with the CTO to prioritize the technical roadmap and advance the technical vision.

• Facilitate teamwork and support engineers during design discussions, reviews, and feedback sessions.

• Conduct technical interviews and play a role in hiring decisions.

• Continuously enhance the team’s development processes, especially for agentic workflows.

• Monitor and assess new advancements in LLMs, retrieval, and agents, integrating appropriate methods into the product.

• Proactively communicate issues and clearly articulate technical decisions to Engineering, Product Management, Customer Success, and Sales.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in building and operating LLM systems in production environments.

• Practical knowledge of RAG, embeddings, vector search, tool calling, and AI agents.

• Proven track record of building, shipping, and managing backend systems in production over an extended period.

• Strong expertise in at least one of the following programming languages: TypeScript, Python, or Go.

• Background in providing technical leadership as a Tech Lead, Lead Engineer, or similar role.

• Experience in testing and evaluating nondeterministic systems.

• Familiarity with using coding agents in daily tasks.

• Demonstrated ability to lead effectively in a remote setting.

• Knowledge of tenant isolation, access controls, and secure software development practices.

• Proficient in both German and English languages.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent employment contract.

• 28 days of annual leave.

• Virtual equity participation through our VSOP.

• Biannual team events.

• Occasional team days held in Leipzig.

• Flexible working hours: You determine the start of your workday.

• Access to the latest frontier models and coding agents.

• Support for professional development, including leadership training.

• Access to a Wellpass membership.

• Opportunity to work remotely from anywhere in Germany.