AI Developer

You are an experienced AI Developer with a strong focus on machine learning model training, tuning, and optimization. You will be a key contributor to the AI development team in a government-led digital transformation project. The role involves developing, testing, and optimizing high-performing models for legal and administrative use cases.

We are an AI startup that empowers developers to build applications that use natural language as the interface to data. Our open-source framework Haystack is used by thousands of developers to build LLM applications. deepset AI Platform (formerly known as deepset Cloud) enables enterprises worldwide to unlock the potential of large language models for their business cases. Come join our team and work with tech experts on real-world cases, in a fast-paced and high-impact environment, and shape the AI space together with us.

At deepset you will find an environment with equal opportunities to grow, share ideas, build relationships, and succeed. We believe every employee is important and generates a direct impact on our team’s success.

We are certified by Flexa® Careers as a flexible employer, and our remote first culture is designed to provide work-life balance, autonomy, and flexibility. Our daily meetings, the in person "re:base", and the social events allow us to work with great synergy. We would like to invite you to visit our life page to learn more about our culture.

• Train, fine-tune, and evaluate machine learning models with a focus on legal and administrative datasets

• Design and implement optimization strategies to improve model performance and generalizability

• Conduct experiments to compare models, hyperparameters, and techniques

• Collaborate with the AI Architect and MLOps Engineers on model deployment and monitoring

• Document model performance, tuning parameters, and experiment outcomes for traceability

• Ensure ethical use of AI and alignment with applicable privacy and regulatory standards

• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field

• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in machine learning model development

• Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Scikit-learn

• Experience with model evaluation techniques and performance metrics

• Knowledge of regularization, cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, and model selection

• Understanding of the ML lifecycle and integration with MLOps tools

Preferred Experience

• Experience in legal tech, administrative processes, or public sector ML use cases

• Familiarity with NLP models (e.g., transformers, LLMs) and structured/unstructured data handling

• Understanding of fairness, accountability, and transparency in AI systems

• Remote First: You can choose to work from home or any other workspace that suits you. We offer home office setup (equipment and furniture).‍
• Grow: Personal and professional growth are important to us. We have an annual learning and development budget, and also the opportunity to speak at conferences, internal knowledge sharing, and workshops.‍
• Connect: We have a virtual office, a monthly social budget to reconnect virtually or in person, online walks and talks with colleagues from other teams, and a flexible travel policy that enables you to meet colleagues in person for special occasions.‍
• You are an owner: All employees are enrolled in the employee stock option plan and own a part of the company.‍
• Personal time off: If you want to recharge and travel the world - there are 30 days of paid vacation.‍
• Choose your tech: The choice is yours among our pre-selected options, and we will provide what you need.‍
• Pension fund and Health Insurance fitting with your main working location: All full-time employees are eligible for the pension plan. We also offer health, dental, and vision for employees in the US, in compliance with the local market.‍
• Travel Insurance: We want you to be secure during your travels. Therefore, we offer every employee additional travel insurance.‍
• Sports budget: To boost your health and well-being, we offer a monthly allowance for your sports activity.‍
• Oliva - employee mental wellbeing benefit: To boost your well-being, we offer a benefit that helps you to respond to pivotal moments at work and beyond.‍
• Dog-friendly: Our headquarters in Berlin welcomes dogs, so you can also bring your best friend to the office.‍
• Enhanced days off for Family Sick Leave: We offer additional days in case your child gets sick.‍
• Additional days off: We don't work on the 24th & the 31st of December.‍
• Flexible working hours: You can adapt your work to your private life.