AI/LLM Engineer

Clera

$90K — $200K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of hands-on engineering experience
  • Strong experience with NLP, LLMs, embeddings, ML, and production AI agents
  • Experience with full-stack development using React, TypeScript, and Next.js
  • Demonstrated experience scaling data and ML pipelines
  • Practical experience with RLHF and DPO for LLM alignment
  • Strong CS fundamentals
  • Willingness to work on-site in Munich

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, deploy, and optimize AI agents across the full stack
  • Work with embeddings and fine-tune LLMs for classification and reranking tasks
  • Optimize algorithms for product search and matching
  • Apply RLHF and DPO techniques to align LLMs with human feedback
  • Build robust data pipelines to process large-scale unstructured data efficiently
  • Contribute to backend scalability, stability, and performance improvements

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Early-stage equity opportunity at a well-funded, high-growth startup
Full Job Description
About the Role

A fast-growing, Y Combinator-backed B2B SaaS startup in the sales automation space is looking for an AI/LLM Engineer to join their team in Munich. The company automates quote and order processing for distributors and manufacturers - helping sales teams eliminate manual overhead and close more deals with AI-driven tooling.

This is a high-impact, full-stack AI engineering role where you'll own end-to-end delivery of intelligent features: from data pipelines and LLM fine-tuning to production deployment. You'll be joining a small, senior team at an early stage with significant engineering ownership and direct influence on product direction.
What You'll Do
  • Design, build, deploy, and optimize AI agents across the full stack - end to end
  • Work with embeddings and fine-tune LLMs for classification and reranking tasks
  • Optimize algorithms for product search and matching
  • Apply RLHF and DPO techniques to align LLMs with human feedback
  • Build robust data pipelines to process large-scale unstructured data efficiently
  • Contribute to backend scalability, stability, and performance improvements
What We're Looking For

Must-haves:
  • 2+ years of hands-on engineering experience
  • Strong experience with NLP, LLMs, embeddings, ML, and production AI agents
  • Experience with full-stack development using React, TypeScript, and Next.js
  • Demonstrated experience scaling data and ML pipelines, including large-scale unstructured data
  • Practical experience with RLHF and DPO for LLM alignment
  • Strong CS fundamentals
  • Willingness to work on-site in Munich

Nice to have:
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform)
Compensation & Benefits
  • Salary: $90,000 - $200,000 USD annually (depending on experience)
  • Visa sponsorship available
  • Early-stage equity opportunity at a well-funded, high-growth startup
Location
  • Munich, Germany - on-site role
  • Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate

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