Job description
AI Software Engineer (m/f/d)
Company Overview
pplwise supports leading, fast-growing companies across Europe in delivering on their growth plans. Our services include Recruiting as a Service & Executive Search specializing in the support of technology companies during their growth phases. Our customer is a Legal-tech B2B SaaS company that can protect any product on the internet (Remove.tech).
Job Summary
We’re looking for an AI-first engineer who wants to take real ownership and help us scale the product to the next level. You will shape how our AI systems, data pipelines, and infrastructure evolve. This is a remote-first role within the DACH region.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and evolve backend services (crawlers, APIs, AI services)
- Design systems for scale, speed, and reliability
- Build and improve AI pipelines (LLMs, classification, clustering)
- Turn messy, real-world data into structured insights
- Improve code quality, testing, and monitoring standards
- Work closely with founders, product, and customers
- Help us hire and level up future engineers
Requirements / Qualifications
- Strong backend experience (ideally C#/.NET, but not a must)
- Comfortable with Node.js as service layer
- Experience working with data-heavy systems
- Hands-on experience with AI / LLMs / data pipelines
- Solid understanding of system design and architecture
- Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and messaging systems
- Ownership mindset and decision-making ability
- Clear communicator
- Startup or scale-up experience is a plus
Location
Vienna, Austria (Remote within Austria)
Employment Type
Full-time
Salary & Benefits
- Salary: €70,000 – €85,000 gross/year (Internal listing: €80K - €120K)
- Core role in a fast-growing AI SaaS company
- Direct impact on product and technical direction
- Real ownership from day one
- Exposure to complex problems (AI, crawling, large-scale data)
- Remote-first setup (DACH)
- Flat hierarchy, direct access to founders
- Clear path towards Tech Lead
