AI & Platform Innovation Engineer

Who you are

• Have excelled somewhere, somehow through an impacting technical contribution — one which we can talk about
• Have experience in developing AI agents and integrating them into workflows
• Be on top of the latest tools, models and trends in AI-assisted software engineering. We expect you to be amazing at context engineering (incl. prompting), to know when to leverage different models, and to have first-hand experience with Claude Code or Cursor
• Know how to evaluate what you build. You can design eval sets, work with LLM-as-judge or ground-truth data, and use tracing and observability tooling to find and fix regressions
• Have hands‑on record of building production‑grade software, preferably with AI components (LLMs, embeddings, PyTorch/TensorFlow, RAG pipelines, autonomous agents)
• Practice a truly agnostic approach to stack and tools: you pick the right tech for the problem — not vice‑versa
• Show exceptional autonomy: your are able to self‑drive from idea to finished product, yet know when to collaborate and escalate
• Have the ability to thoughtfully challenge ideas and drive constructive discussions (colleagues, product owners, CTO)
• Be a strong, respectful team player: highly autonomous but grounded in humility and partnership
• Reside within ±3 hours of Central European Time (to enable effective collaboration), at best in one of our office locations in Barcelona, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Sevilla
• Full professional proficiency in English at C2 level
• Prior experience integrating AI into SaaS business workflows
• Familiarity with modern AI‑tooling ecosystem (agents, memory systems, vector databases)
• Experience leading a tech team or architecting across the stack — from frontend to infrastructure
• Professional proficiency in German
• Even if you don’t check every bullet above, but you bring exceptional drive, creativity, and a growth mindset, please apply — we believe the right mindset counts more than checkboxes

What the job involves

• Our certified platform is key to our success. It provides the full digital infrastructure which makes Vicos come true as a new form to organize human labor and human-agentic interaction. It covers end-to-end all essential areas: marketing, finance, legal, and organization
• Given its ambitious and transformative purpose, our platform is highly complex (though easy use)
• Developing it further takes engineers who combine technical excellence, pragmatic judgement and entrepreneurial spirit. The AI & Platform Innovation Engineer we are looking for embodies these qualities. He or she is up for making a major contribution to our company and to our society
• Develop AI-agentic solutions from scratch or integrating existing agents and foundational technologies. This involves close cooperation with our Business Development team and other users
• Use AI to aggressively ship high-quality code. Architect and build AI‑first software solutions for complex user‑stories: scalable, robust, maintainable
• Work closely with stakeholders to deliver end‑to‑end innovations
• Own the full development pipeline: from design and development, through QA and deployment, to production monitoring
• Lead architectural discussions, code reviews, and retrospectives; mentor fellow engineers
• Champion AI‑powered features: integrate LLMs, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, embeddings and deep learning frameworks to unlock business value

Benefits

• Fast-paced environment where you'll learn a lot very soon – because you'll have to
• Real, immediately visible impact on company results and on your own personal growth trajectory
• Participation in ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan), so that you can co-own the company you work for
• Highly talented team with diverse backgrounds and top-notch qualifications
• Possibility to work from where you want when you want, remotely or in one of our offices (Barcelona, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Seville)