Job Description

Profile Overview Were looking for a hands-on technical leader who combines strong engineering capabilities with AI/ML expertise. As our Head of AI, youll work with a talented team of engineers, helping our brands with all things AI - from ideation, through MVP to production-ready solutions. Our AI projects span across brand-specific products, internal productivity tools (such as our own private ChatGPT tool), or company-level solutions for our MA Team or others. Youll be be heading a small and effective team of young AI-engineers, servicing our brands with productization of AI features. This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, offering the opportunity to shape both our AI implementations and our teams growth. Youll work alongside talented engineers who share your passion for innovation and technical excellence. This role involves an operational mindset, with strong engineering expertise. You are comfortable with communicating solutions and delivering the technologies, as a team, or as an individual contributor to our brands. Your responsibilities Actively develop and architect AI solutions for our brand portfolio - come up with creative solutions that can be leveraged on one or multiple of our companies. Write, review, and ship production-ready code - ensure that the Central AI team delivers on its promise to provide robust solutions Lead and mentor a team of talented AI-engineers Champion AI adoption in engineering and other areas. Educate teams on cutting-edge tools - you are willing to leverage and share your knowledge at an organization level Build and maintain our AI infrastructure and platforms with the help of our Central Cloud Operations team Drive technical decision-making and set engineering standards What You bring to the table Advanced degree from a top-tier university in (applied) Computer Science/AI Strong software engineering background with proven track record Experience building and shipping production AI systems Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with practical solutions Leadership abilities and team mentoring experience, with great communication skills - you will be the advocate of AI excellence at saas.group Passion for staying current with AI developments and sharing knowledge Strong Team ownership (including budget and cost ownership) Technical Requirements: Strong Python development skills - Python is what you feel most comfortable with Strong foundation in software architecture and system design - solution design is part of what you enjoy doing Production experience with AI/ML stack (at least some): LangChain/Haystack, the OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure OpenAI Service/AWS BedRock API, autogen, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or other relevant libraries and frameworks; Experience with observability tools and leading cloud platforms You enjoy using Poetry, Conda, or UV for dependency management Database expertise (traditional and vector storage): PostgreSQL, pgvector, Chroma, Pinecone, Mongo (Atlas Vector Search), SQLAlchemy, Alembic Experience with AI dev tools such as: Cursor, Bolt, Copilot, or others you find improve your dev experience What s in it for You Ultimate flexibility: We re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like. Freedom and autonomy: We re a high-trust team, and you ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way with plenty of help from the team when you need it. Minimum bureaucracy: We don t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady sustainable. Small friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around. Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning and expertise with each other internally. Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed.