AI/LLM Engineer

About the Role

A Y Combinator-backed B2B SaaS startup in the industrial automation space is looking for an AI/LLM Engineer to build end-to-end AI systems that power practical, high-impact features for distributors and manufacturers. You'll work on a fast-moving team at the intersection of AI, ML, data engineering, and full-stack development — helping push the product forward and drive meaningful revenue growth.

What You'll Do

• Work across the full stack to build, deploy, and optimize AI agents end-to-end
• Work with embeddings and fine-tune LLMs for classification and reranking tasks
• Optimize algorithms for product search
• Apply RLHF & DPO to align LLMs with human feedback
• Build data pipelines to process large-scale unstructured data efficiently
• Contribute to making the backend scalable, stable, and efficient

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

• 2+ years of engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience with NLP, LLMs, embeddings, ML, and AI agents
• Experience with full-stack development using React, TypeScript, and Next.js
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling data & ML pipelines, including large-scale unstructured data
• Practical experience applying RLHF and DPO for LLM alignment

Nice to have:

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Strong CS fundamentals

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $90,000 – $200,000 USD annually
• Visa sponsorship available

Location

This is a fully on-site role based in Munich, Germany. Candidates must be willing to work in-person in Munich.