Helle Köpfe Recruiting

Lead Conversational AI Platform Engineer

Helle Köpfe Recruiting

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Germany

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Salary

💰 €200,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Actively develop production-grade code and assume overall technical ownership.
  • Provide technical leadership to a small senior AI team (3–4 engineers).
  • Design the architecture for training, inference, and deployment of language models to meet high-load and real-time requirements.
  • Improve context handling, memory mechanisms, retrieval approaches, and response quality.
  • Define and drive fine-tuning and post-training strategies.
  • Build precise moderation and classification solutions for adult / NSFW content, balancing safety with model quality and user freedom.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering and/or machine learning.
  • Proven responsibility for AI or LLM systems serving millions of users in production.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Python, PyTorch, and modern LLM frameworks.
  • Practical experience with fine-tuning, data preparation, and model steering.
  • Comfortable working with adult / NSFW content within clearly defined technical and safety boundaries.
  • Based in Europe and able to collaborate reliably within European time zones.
Benefits
  • Fully remote role with a long-term perspective.
  • Flexible contract models (B2B or EoR).
  • Additional $80,000 in equity (company shares or stock options).
  • 20 days of paid vacation and flexible working arrangements.
  • Budget for professional development, conferences, and learning resources.
  • Modern hardware and access to current AI tools.
  • High degree of autonomy and direct technical impact on a scalable product.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonPyTorchlanguage modelsfine-tuningdata preparationmodel steeringproduction-grade codearchitecture designcontext handlingmemory mechanisms
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcollaborationcommunication