Senior AI Engineer

Lodgify is seeking a Senior AI Engineer specializing in LLMs to lead the design, evaluation, and deployment of production-grade generative AI systems. The role involves owning end-to-end LLM solutions, from prototyping to scalable production, and establishing best practices in evaluation and responsible AI.

• Lead the design and development of LLM-powered applications (chatbots, copilots, agents, internal tools).
• Own and evolve the LLM evaluation strategy, including designing gold-standard datasets and benchmarks.
• Diagnose and resolve complex failure modes such as hallucinations and retrieval issues.
• Optimize systems for latency, cost, scalability, and reliability in production.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide best practices in LLM development and evaluation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and leadership to shape AI strategy.
• Set standards for responsible AI, including safety, bias mitigation, and observability.

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, and applied AI with a track record of driving projects to completion.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals (testing, modular design, dependency injection) in Python.
• Experience taking AI and LLM-powered features from concept through deployment and long-term production maintenance.