AI/LLM Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE We are a Y Combinator-backed B2B SaaS startup building AI-powered sales automation for distributors and manufacturers. As an AI/LLM Engineer, you will design and ship end-to-end AI systems that directly power core product features, working across a small, high-velocity team that spans AI, data engineering, and full-stack development. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build, deploy, and optimize AI agents end-to-end across the full stack. - Work with embeddings and fine-tune LLMs for classification and reranking tasks. - Design and optimize algorithms for product search. - Apply RLHF and DPO techniques to align LLMs with human feedback. - Build scalable data pipelines to process large volumes of unstructured data. - Improve the scalability, stability, and efficiency of the backend. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 2+ years of engineering experience, with a strong focus on AI and LLM-oriented work rather than frontend or non-NLP specializations. - Strong hands-on experience with NLP, LLMs, embeddings, ML, and AI-powered applications. - Demonstrated experience building and scaling data and ML pipelines for large-scale unstructured data. - Experience applying RLHF or DPO to align language models with human feedback. - Full-stack development experience using React, TypeScript, and Next.js. - Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and infrastructure as code (Terraform). - Strong computer science fundamentals. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS - Salary: 80,000 to 130,000 EUR annually, depending on experience. - Visa sponsorship: Available. LOCATION This is a fully on-site role based in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Candidates must be willing and able to work in person in Munich on a regular basis.