Lead AI Engineer

Hey there!

Are you an ambitious Lead AI engineer In this role youll coach a talented team of AI engineers lead complex ML and GenAI projects in ClimateTech Marketplaces and Mobility from design to deployment. Meanwhile you will play a key (and growing) role in the growth of our Utrecht hub.

About us

Since 2018 weve been engineering AI systems with long-term and meaningful value in mind. We dont chase hype we help our clients navigate the evolving AI landscape with clarity and purpose. By applying a software engineering mindset to everything we do we ensure our solutions are robust scalable and production-ready whether built on ML LLMs or Agentic architectures. We do this for customers in industries where a positive change can be made: ClimateTech Mobility and Marketplaces. Our portfolio includes partnerships with renowned names like Crisp Groendus SnappCar Tier Mobility Independer PlanBlue (check our cases page for examples of our work).

With our headquarters in the Netherlands (Utrecht) and a second hub in Berlin we have shown impressive growth year-over-year a proven proposition that fits current market needs and a strong branding that resembles quality innovation and 2024 well continue to invest in expanding our team within the Utrecht Hub to further grow our reach in the Dutch scale-up ecosystem. As the AI industry is booming we have ambitious goals for the coming years ahead.

At Enjins our success hinges upon the quality of our team and the breadth of their ideas. We believe that truly remarkable insights and innovative solutions for our customers emerge from the rich interplay of diverse cultures knowledge and experiences among our workforces.

What Youll be doing

As a Lead AI Engineer youll work within our growing engineering this role there is plenty of room for your ideas. Our team is growing fast and well support your growth ambitions as much as possible. Were flexible and as long as youre proactive and take responsibility for your own work well be a great match!

Some of the responsibilities but not limited to;

• You will lead the AI Engineering team together with the other Lead AI Engineers.
• You work in small teams on AI projects and take responsibility for maximum impact at our customers. Youre customer-facing and manage a growing set of accounts.
• You apply your AI / machine learning engineering and business knowledge and guide others to learn more. You are not afraid of new (technological) challenges. After all our world is changing continuously!
• You are ready for more responsibility to carry our company forward! We will involve you in the important business decisions (team customers innovation) and give you more responsibilities along the way.

Within 1 month youll:

• Finish the Enjins AI Engineering onboarding program in which you will understand how Enjins work be trained in our approach and become a certified cloud practitioner in AWS/Azure or GCP.
• Start your first customer project!

Within 3 months youll:

• Develop and implement robust AI/ML applications for your client working on building new solutions and ironing out any old integration problems. This way laying the foundation of your AI engineering skills.
• Lead the AI team to new heights and bring your experience to solve any development issues
• Had multiple feedback moments with your project team before and after client meetings to help you to improve your consulting and project management skills.

Within 6 months youll:

• Youll identify new tools / methods / processes that work best.
• Have hired additional AI Engineers to join your growing Enjins AI team.

• Have helped your client move along rapidly - their velocity has increased significantly

Minimum Qualifications:

• You have a relevant background with respect to AI/ML Engineering and a minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience.
• You have experience in coaching and managing project delivery teams and accounts.
• You are not afraid to connect with our clients on board level (CTO CFO CIO etc) to achieve maximum results.
• You have experience with cloud infrastructure and data engineering.
• You have experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes) networking ETL/ELT-tools and understand the basic concepts of LLMOps/MLOps.

Preferred Qualifications:

• You have experience with AI/ML and know how to create ML models and bring them to production.
• You consider yourself ambitious responsible pragmatic.
• You are fluent in English and are eligible to work in the Netherlands.

What to expect from us:

We look for people that want to enjoy the ride of a start-up and benefit from the freedom in the role:

• Join a dynamic team at the forefront of Data & AI technology.
• Flourish in an empowering innovative and global environment.
• A dedicated and personal training program to improve your skills (MLEAP) and 1-on-1 coaching from our C-Level.
• Become part of a diverse and driven team enjoying monthly social events such as themed parties board game nights sports tournaments and pub quizzes.
• Work from our office centrally located in Utrecht along the picturesque Oudegracht. Our office is not yet fully accessible to individuals with physical disabilities.
• Receive an Apple MacBook Pro for work.
• Enjoy 28 vacation days (based on full-time employment) comprising 20 statutory vacation days and an additional 8 days provided by the employer. You have the flexibility to utilise 3 national holidays (Easter Monday Whit Monday & Ascension Day) among the 8 days provided.

Have we spiked your interest

Lets have a talk! In the first meeting you talk directly to one of our Lead AI engineers so ask everything you want to know. If you want to reach out to us before applying with any questions drop us an email at