AI Engineer

Knowunity GmbH; München; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An innovative AI learning company in Munich seeks a talented engineer to design and build cutting-edge AI products. Your role will focus on personalisation in education, involving direct ownership of features that provide measurable student value. Ideal candidates will have experience with LLMs and strong backend programming skills. This position promises rapid advancement and immediate impact on learning outcomes, all while collaborating with a dedicated team in a dynamic environment.

Leistungen

Competitive compensation and equity

28 days annual leave +1 extra day per year

40 days work from anywhere

Personal development budget

Team and company events

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on experience with large language models.
• Ability to integrate APIs and build prototypes.
• Proven track record of shipping code in real-world products.

Aufgaben

• Own and build end-to-end AI products.
• Drive technical decisions that impact products.
• Translate product ideas into real features.

Kenntnisse

Experience with LLMs

Prompt engineering

Backend programming (e.g. Go, TypeScript, Python)

Fluent English

German (optional)

Jobbeschreibung

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are building the #1 AI learning companion for 1 billion students globally.

We are building a future where every student on the planet can access, enjoy, and benefit from the highest quality education. Since founding Knowunity straight out of high school in 2020, we've been committed to revolutionising how students learn.

Millions of students already use our AI learning companion weekly. We just raised €27m - Europe’s largest education round in the past three years. The AI learning market is at an inflection point, finally enabling true personalisation at scale, and we're determined to build the first AI learning unicorn in this space.

You will join an elite team of 60 hands-on builders serving 1 billion students worldwide. If we execute on our product vision, you will have built something generational that transforms education globally.

This is your chance to be part of building a generational company.

YOUR MISSION

You have the opportunity to shape how students learn in the future
Engineering is at the core of the company, it really drives knowunity, main character, you can end to end own this revolution yourself across parts such as:

• Videos
• First ones that build video on large scale truly personalised
• Topic prediction, real guidance / personalisation as biggest opportunity in AI
• Holy grail is personalisation and guidance, we have a lot of data, you can crack that
• Future of practice, quizlet is outdated, practice in future needs to be more guided and diverse
• Multi-Modality of outputs
• We do not believe in wall of text, we are building cards, graphs, interactive practice elements in the chat - no one has solved this yet
• New ways of learning of Gen Alpha
• Figure out how this generation learns
• In a world of personal AI companions, there will still be in person learning and interaction, how can an AI companion include social use cases and still bring students together
• Ability to ship A/B tests to millions of users quickly
  Your ownership:

• Own and build end-to-end AI products that deliver measurable value to students across our global user base.
• Drive technical decisions that align with product impact - choosing the right tools, models, and approaches to move key metrics like DAU and retention.
• Translate product ideas into real features by collaborating cross-functionally and contributing actively to product strategy.

Why this matters: Every AI feature you build gets shipped fast and used by real students - meaning your work has an immediate and measurable effect on learning outcomes, user growth, and product-market fit. You’ll be directly accelerating our core business metrics and impact on students worldwide.
What success looks like: You’ll ship meaningful AI-driven features quickly and iterate based on real usage data. Your technical contributions will be visible in the metrics, boosting usage, retention, and engagement. You’ll help shape a product that students rely on every day, while growing your skills in a team that values speed, autonomy, and ownership. Over time, you’ll be known for building solutions that are not only technically sound, but that truly matter to our mission.

Our Tech Stack
Our app is written in Flutter with Riverpod. Our Golang backend is powered by PostgreSQL and hosted on AWS with Kubernetes. Our AI stack consists of several LLM providers (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, and Mistral), custom routing engines, and fine-tuned models. Our data stack consists of BigQuery and dbt.

WHO YOU ARE

Your mindset
You’re the type of person who:

• Thinks in prompts and systems - you know how to speak the language of LLMs and can make them do what others can’t
• Builds to ship - you love moving fast, testing ideas in code, and iterating quickly based on real feedback
• Serves the user, not the process - you focus relentlessly on impact, not bureaucracy
• Thrives in ambiguity - when priorities shift, you don’t stall—you adapt and move
• Leverages AI - as a force multiplier in everything you do
• Values excellence over comfort - mediocrity isn’t in your vocabulary

Your track record You’ve worked hands-on with large language models, tuning prompts, integrating APIs, building prototypes, and pushing performance. You’ve shipped code in real-world products and know how to balance speed with quality. You’ve helped turn messy ideas into useful features that delight users and scale with smart engineering.
Must-haves

• Experience working with LLMs and strong prompt engineering instincts
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g. Go, TypeScript, Python)
• Fluent English; German is a plus

What we offer

Not for everyone, everything for the right ones.

• Competitive compensation and equity: We’re are building Knowunity to dominate the global AI learning market. Your compensation package includes competitive salary paired with meaningful equity in a company with genuine unicorn potential. Team members who help us reach that goal will be rewarded accordingly.
• Elite team and true ownership: You’ll work alongside 60 exceptional people who match your ambition within a flat hierarchy - direct access to founders and leadership without bureaucratic middle layers. You'll own entire areas from conception to delivery with real decision-making authority.
• Meaningful impact at scale: Your work will have immediate, measurable impact.
• Benefits: 28 days annual leave +1 extra day per year with Knowunity, 40 days work from anywhere, personal development budget, mental health support via Nilo, Urban Sports Club, monthly become1 retail vouchers, team and company events

We’re not here to coast - we are building something exceptional. We’re a lean team of ambitious people who push hard, move fast, and constantly raise the bar. The real perk is not standard benefits - it’s joining 60 amazing people who challenge you to level up daily. If you’re hungry, thrive under pressure and ready to go the extra mile, this is where you will accelerate your career faster than anywhere else.

NEXT STEPS

Ready to help build the AI learning unicorn?
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We encourage applications from exceptional talent regardless of traditional background requirements.
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