Senior Software Engineer Data & AI

Vendelux Inc

$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in software or data engineering; 3+ years in AI/ML product development.
  • Proficient in Python and SQL programming languages.
  • Experience with AI frameworks (e.g., HuggingFace, LangChain) and data pipeline design (Airflow, Dagster).
  • Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Hands-on experience with LLMs and generative AI, including prompt engineering and deployment strategies.
  • Strong grasp of data science and machine learning fundamentals with focus on practical impact.
  • Skill in translating business requirements into effective data-driven solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement AI-powered product features, prioritizing customer needs.
  • Build scalable, maintainable systems with clean and testable code in cloud environments.
  • Deliver end-to-end solutions that generate measurable business value.
  • Research and apply innovative AI methods, focusing on speed and impact.
  • Enhance user experience through effective AI problem-solving.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to redefine customer problems into technical requirements.
  • Promote best practices for AI/ML engineering and data quality within the team.

Benefits

  • Direct impact on product development and user experience.
  • Opportunity to enhance a well-received product during a growth phase.
  • Autonomy in defining AI development standards and practices.
  • Engage with advanced topics in ML and LLMs.
  • Be part of a skilled, collaborative team with diverse professional backgrounds.
Full Job Description
We\'re looking for a Senior Engineer, Data & AI who thrives at the intersection of software engineering, data engineering, and applied AI to build production-grade systems. You\'ll develop, deploy, and scale features that sit at the core of our product. This role is perfect for someone motivated more by impact than method, loves to solve data problems using whatever means necessary, and is eager to see their output shape the user experience.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design & Build AI-Powered Features: Architect, implement, and ship data-driven product features, always starting with the customer problem first. From prototyping through production, you\'ll apply the right level of technology (whether simple heuristics or advanced AI) to deliver impact.
  • Build for Production: Build maintainable and scalable systems, including writing clean, testable code, integrating with new and existing data pipelines, and deploying solutions and services into cloud environments.
  • End to End Solution Delivery: Operate as an end-to-end developer in a fast paced startup. This involves identifying opportunities, prototyping solutions, securing stakeholder support, and productionalizing features that deliver measurable business value.
  • Applied AI Innovation: Research and apply modern methods (AI agents, LLMs, RAG, embeddings, supervised/unsupervised learning) to power new product capabilities, prioritizing impact and speed over perfection.
  • Enhance User Experience Through AI: Translate business problems into AI solutions that improve user workflows, accelerate insights, and drive measurable value.
  • Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with business stakeholders and other engineers to turn customer problems into technical requirements and impactful features.
  • Promote Best Practices: Establish and evangelize standards for AI/ML engineering and data quality across the team.


Qualifications
  • 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering, with at least 3+ years building AI/ML-driven products.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency in SQL.
  • Experience with modern AI frameworks (eg HuggingFace, LangChain, etc.) and designing data pipelines (Airflow, Dagster, or equivalent),
  • Solid understanding of cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Experience applying LLMs and generative AI in production, including prompt engineering, RAG, and LLM deployment.
  • Strong grasp of fundamental data science and machine learning techniques, with the ability to balance research and engineering tradeoffs.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate business problems into data solutions that drive business value.
  • Proven track record of shipping user-facing features with measurable impact.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate across data, engineering, and product teams.
  • Startup experience preferred.


Why Join Us
  • Direct product impact: Your models will shape how event marketers discover, connect, and measure ROI.
  • Product market fit: Customers love our platform; now it\'s about enhancing the user experience and scaling with AI.
  • Ownership: You\'ll set the standard for how we build, evaluate, and ship AI at Vendelux.
  • Growth: Work on cutting-edge problems in LLMs, recommendation systems, and applied ML.
  • Team: Join a collaborative, ambitious group with backgrounds at top tech and consulting firms.

Not all candidates will check all of the requirements listed above and that\'s ok! We are open to great people from non-traditional backgrounds.

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