AI Engineer
About the Role
We're a fast-moving, early-stage startup operating in the AI-powered talent acquisition space, and we're hiring AI Engineers to tackle two of our most critical technical challenges: scaling our backend infrastructure and optimizing the LLM and AI agent flows that power our core product. You'll join a small, high-agency engineering team where your work has direct and immediate impact on platform performance and user experience.
We're looking to bring on 1–2 exceptionally strong, startup-motivated engineers who are passionate about building reliable, production-grade AI systems.
What You'll Do
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Take full ownership of backend scalability — design, build, and maintain services and systems that perform reliably at scale.
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Tune, iterate on, and optimize LLM integrations and AI agent orchestration pipelines to improve reliability, efficiency, and output quality.
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Collaborate closely with a fast-moving team, shipping meaningfully and often.
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Contribute to shaping engineering culture and technical direction as an early team member.
What We're Looking For
Requirements (dealbreakers):
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Based in Stockholm, or legally eligible to work and willing to relocate to Stockholm — no visa sponsorship available .
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5+ years of backend software engineering experience delivering scalable production systems.
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Hands-on experience integrating LLMs and optimizing AI agent workflows in live production environments.
Required skills & experience:
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Strong backend engineering fundamentals — you've built systems that scale and you've felt the pain of when they don't.
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Practical experience shipping AI-driven features in production; you understand the nuances of LLM reliability and performance tuning.
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Startup experience — you're comfortable with ambiguity, own your work end-to-end, and move fast without waiting for permission.
Nice to have:
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A strong portfolio of side projects that demonstrates technical depth and sustained curiosity.
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Experience building AI-driven features in a consumer or marketplace product context.
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Background in fast-growing early-stage startups (pre-seed through Series A/B).
We value demonstrated ownership and high agency over formal credentials. A track record of consistently shipping software over time matters more to us than where you studied.
Compensation & Benefits
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Salary: $80,000 – $120,000 USD (with flexibility for exceptionally senior candidates)
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Equity: Included; salary/equity mix is negotiable
Location
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Stockholm, Sweden — on-site
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Candidates must be eligible to work in Sweden; visa sponsorship is not available
Originally posted on Himalayas