Software Engineer – AI (Exclusive)

Niva; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 84.000 - 127.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading AI technology firm is seeking a Software Engineer to join its founding team in New York. This role involves defining the AI strategy, developing multi-agent AI platforms, and engaging with customers to drive solutions that deliver real-world value. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience in LLM applications and strong Python skills, alongside a passion for shaping the future of AI.

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on experience with open-source or closed-source models (GPT, Claude, etc.).
• Knowledge in optimizing RAG techniques for specific domains.
• Ability to build reliable, scalable production systems.

Aufgaben

• Define AI strategy and influence product roadmap.
• Design and develop multi-agent AI platform.
• Build evaluation frameworks for agent performance.
• Engage with customers to refine AI solutions.
• Stay updated with the AI ecosystem.
• Set company culture and promote collaboration.

Kenntnisse

Building agent-based LLM applications

Knowledge of RAG techniques

Strong Python skills

Customer centric thinking

Comfort with ambiguity

Excitement for AI

Jobbeschreibung

At Niva, we’re building a universal identity layer that enables trust between businesses worldwide. We leverage cutting-edge language models and machine learning to deliver instant, reliable, and borderless business verification. Leading fintechs, banks, and public companies already use Niva to verify businesses, prevent fraud, and meet Know Your Business (KYB) requirements in minutes.

We are looking for a software engineer to join our team in New York, NY. As a founding member of our team focused on AI, you'll have the opportunity to shape our AI strategy and be instrumental in building our core technology platform.

Why you should join Niva

• Direct founder collaboration: Work closely with experienced founders who've built this product category before

• Technical playground: Building cutting-edge multi-agent AI systems that solve real problems (not another chatbot)

• Founding team opportunity: You'll be the first dedicated AI engineer, shaping our entire AI strategy alongside CEO/CTO

What you'll do

• Work closely with the CEO and CTO to define our AI strategy and influence the product roadmap

• Design and develop our multi-agent AI platform that autonomously extracts, validates and reconciles business identity information from numerous sources across the globe

• Build robust evaluation frameworks to benchmark agent performance and ensure high-quality AI outputs

• Engage directly with customers to understand their needs and gather feedback, to improve the ways in which AI can improve their workflows

• Continuously staying up to date with the latest in the AI ecosystem

• Help set the culture of the company, promoting a collaborative and fun environment. You'll be part of the founding team and integral for establish not just what we work on, but "how" we work

What we're looking for

• Hands-on experience building agent-based LLM applications using open-source or closed-source models (GPT, Claude, etc.)

• Knowledge of RAG techniques and how to optimize them for domain-specific knowledge, including chunking strategies, vector embeddings, and relevance scoring

• Strong Python skills with experience building reliable, scalable production systems

• Customer centric thinking - you're energized by translating user problems into AI solutions that deliver real-world value

• Comfort with ambiguity - you can navigate the challenges of working with emerging technologies where best practices are still evolving

• Excitement for how AI is changing the world and being part of that change