Senior AI Engineer

Role Description

As a Senior AI Engineer at Iris.ai, you’ll join a remote-first, AI-native team focused on building production-ready systems powered by RAG, LLMs, and AI agents. You’ll collaborate with research scientists, engineers, and product managers to design and deliver AI features that go beyond generation - helping users navigate, reason, and act on complex knowledge. You’ll work across the full development lifecycle, from design to deployment, and play a key role in shaping how next-gen AI is evaluated, trusted, and adopted in real-world workflows.

What You’ll Do

• Own the full development lifecycle — from idea to architecture, implementation, testing, and delivery of real-world AI products
• Design and build robust AI systems, including Iris.ai’s proprietary Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and LLM Evaluation Frameworks used by leading R&D teams
• Drive innovation by testing new approaches and bringing new AI research into production
• Collaborate across teams — work closely with researchers, product managers, and fellow engineers to shape and ship powerful features
• Build systems for performance and reliability, ensuring they are scalable, testable, and maintainable
• Contribute to a global mission to transform how the world interacts with scientific knowledge and applied AI
• Thrive in a remote-first, agile environment, contributing meaningfully within a distributed, deep-tech team
• Keep learning, always — we’ll support you with space, mentorship, and resources to grow as an AI engineer

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development, including 3+ years with Python
• Solid experience in web backends (Django/Flask), REST APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with ML systems or motivation to learn in depth
• Ability to work in a remote-first, collaborative environment
• Proficiency in English

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field (preferred)
• Previous work with LLMs, NLP, or AI model evaluation (preferred)
• Experience contributing to or using RAG systems in production (preferred)
• Open-source contributions, academic research, or mentoring (preferred)

Benefits

• 30 days paid vacation
• 5 additional days paid vacation for Learning and Development
• Private health insurance (premium coverage) and bi-annual health checks
• Free MultiSport card or Fitness subscription coverage for your physical well-being
• Remote-first & flexible hours — work where you're at your best
• Personal annual learning budget for conferences, courses, or certifications
• Personal equipment budget to choose the gear that suits your style
• Charity and volunteer activities
• Seasonal working camps (summer & winter) and team retreats
• Ongoing growth through weekly tech deep dives, mentorship, pair coding, and knowledge-sharing