Principal Ai Engineer

Summary

Join Kittl, a rapidly growing company in the graphic design space, as a Principal AI Engineer. Lead the AI Platform team, driving AI initiatives and integrating state-of-the-art models into our product. You will develop and execute the technical roadmap for AI, aligning it with business objectives. Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to ensure AI initiatives deliver measurable impact. This role requires significant experience in AI/ML, leadership, and infrastructure expertise. Kittl offers a hybrid work culture, flexible hours, remote work options, and various other benefits.

Requirements

• Experience in AI & ML: At least 5 years of proven track record in deploying and optimizing deep learning models in production, preferably Diffusion models and / or LLMs
• Leadership: At least 2 years in a leadership role guiding teams and defining AI strategy
• Infrastructure & scalability expertise: Strong knowledge of AI infrastructure, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and model optimization techniques for efficient deployment
• Strategic & leadership skills: Ability to define and execute an AI strategy, aligning technical roadmaps with business goals while guiding cross-functional teams
• Hands-on technical skills: Proficiency in Python, Pytorch, Diffusers, and distributed computing frameworks
• Strong communication & collaboration: Ability to convey complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, driving alignment and adoption across teams
• Continuous learning & adaptability: Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI, ensuring Kittl remains at the forefront of innovation in a rapidly evolving field

Responsibilities

• Lead AI infrastructure development: Architect, maintain, and evolve the internal AI inference infrastructure to support scalable and efficient model deployment
• Drive AI strategy & roadmap: Develop and execute the technical roadmap for AI at Kittl, aligning it with business objectives while identifying opportunities for AI-driven innovation across the company. Establish best practices, ethical guidelines, and governance frameworks to ensure responsible AI adoption and a sustainable, long-term AI strategy
• Enable cross-team AI adoption: Establish processes and best practices to help product managers and engineers uncover AI opportunities, fostering AI-driven decision-making across teams
• Optimize AI performance & efficiency: Ensure robust, scalable, and cost-effective AI inference by optimizing model deployment, resource allocation, and infrastructure scalability
• Bridge product & business needs: Work closely with product and business teams to translate high-level goals into actionable AI solutions, ensuring AI initiatives deliver measurable impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptionally driven to drive impact and challenge the status quo
• Who takes extreme ownership & gets things done
• Who goes above and beyond in their role
• Who is deeply passionate about what they do

Benefits

• Maximise your impact: No matter if you’re leading a team or you stand out by your domain expertise - all we care about is supporting you to maximise your own impact
• Hackathons: Our quarterly hackathons provide an environment to experiment with new concepts, push boundaries, and potentially deliver the next big thing
• Kittl Week: Each year, our global team gathers together for a whole week, to work, celebrate, get inspired, and have fun
• Flexible working hours: Our core hours are 11am–5pm CET, leaving the rest of your schedule flexible to fit your style
• Workspace access: Premium WeWork All Access account, enabling you to work from any global WeWork location
• Remote work: Work up to 50 days (10 weeks) fully remote per year from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain our core hours
• Learning & development : Our L&D budget supports your professional growth
• Vacation: Up to 30 vacation days per year