AI Engineer - EU
Space InchItaly10 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyInformation Technology
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Disclaimer: This is a B2B only position for EU applicants outside of Croatia.
New Mission. New Stack. New Team.
Space Inch is on a new mission to redefine B2B experiences, and we're looking for AI experts to help us build the next generation of intelligent workflows. We are looking for a dedicated AI Engineer to own the end-to-end delivery of production-ready LLM services, turning complex data into fast, reliable, and grounded recommendations at scale. This is a high-impact role where you'll build and operate the core AI systems that power our platform with production-grade performance.
We're expanding quickly and bringing on multiple teammates to contribute across several new projects built on this stack. If you're a builder who loves AI and you're looking to join our growing AI team, we'd love to have you with us!
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
At Space Inch, we prioritize alignment with our clients and team, ensuring a deep understanding of their needs. We are committed to delivering exceptional work while supporting the personal and professional growth of our team members. Every team member has access to an executive coach as part of this commitment.
About Working At Space Inch
Our ideal candidate's core tech stack:
Space Inch is committed to providing an environment of equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and termination. Space Inch believes in treating all employees and applicants with respect and dignity, fostering a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
New Mission. New Stack. New Team.
Space Inch is on a new mission to redefine B2B experiences, and we're looking for AI experts to help us build the next generation of intelligent workflows. We are looking for a dedicated AI Engineer to own the end-to-end delivery of production-ready LLM services, turning complex data into fast, reliable, and grounded recommendations at scale. This is a high-impact role where you'll build and operate the core AI systems that power our platform with production-grade performance.
We're expanding quickly and bringing on multiple teammates to contribute across several new projects built on this stack. If you're a builder who loves AI and you're looking to join our growing AI team, we'd love to have you with us!
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
At Space Inch, we prioritize alignment with our clients and team, ensuring a deep understanding of their needs. We are committed to delivering exceptional work while supporting the personal and professional growth of our team members. Every team member has access to an executive coach as part of this commitment.
About Working At Space Inch
- Our team (:80 people) is primarily based in Croatia, with members in South America, Serbia, and the US. While focus is on working remotely, we do have an office in Zagreb for those who prefer a hybrid approach and are located nearby
- Occasional travel may be required, including our annual company retreats in Croatia
- We work on end-to-end projects with long-term vision
- We strongly support work/life balance for our team members
Our ideal candidate's core tech stack:
- Languages & APIs: Python (FastAPI), TypeScript (Node/Nest BFF), REST/GraphQL, WebSocket/SSE
- Python + FastAPI production experience (async, dependency injection, testing)
- Comfortable integrating with TypeScript/Node
- Built APIs with REST/GraphQL and at least one streaming pattern (SSE/WebSocket)
- LLM & RAG: embedding stores (pgvector / OpenSearch / etc), chunking strategies, re-rank, hybrid search; prompt tooling & templates; guardrails
- Observability & quality: structured logging, tracing, metrics; experiment/eval tooling (e.g., Langfuse-style telemetry), offline/online A/Bs
- Data & pipelines: robust CSV/Sheets ingestion, schema validation, PII handling, backfills, scheduled jobs
- Agentic experience (not day-one usage): familiarity with MCP and agent frameworks, tool design, constrained execution, and safe planning, so you can leverage them when they're the right fit
- Can work effectively in CET timezone
- LLM serving optimization (vLLM, TensorRT-LLM), quantization/LoRA know-how
- Retrieval eval frameworks, cross-encoder rerankers, response grading
- Experience with cost controls, token budgeting, and prompt compression
- Serving & infra: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD; model gateways (e.g., LiteLLM/vLLM) and caching; object storage (S3-compatible); message bus (Kafka or equivalent)
- Security & privacy: tenant-aware access controls, secrets management, audit logs, privacy and safety red-teaming basics
- 4-6+ years software engineering (product environments), ideally with 2+ years hands-on experience in shipping LLM/GenAI to production
- Proven track record owning services end-to-end (design, implementation, rollout, monitoring, and iteration)
- Clear writing, pragmatic decision-making, and comfort collaborating with Mobile, Backend, and Ops (Dev/LLM)
- Experience with technologies
- Proactive, solutions-driven mindset
- Strong attention to detail and code quality
- Comfortable making technical decisions independently
- Passion for learning and improving
- Ownership mentality, i. e. you care about the end product
- Monthly salary: 5.100.00 - 6.800.00 EUR gross for a full-time B2B collaboration
- Remote-first opportunity
- Stay active: sports membership or wellness subsidy
- Health & Wellbeing: 23 days of PTO, annual health checkup budget
- Grow with us: Education budget to fuel learning and professional development
Space Inch is committed to providing an environment of equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and termination. Space Inch believes in treating all employees and applicants with respect and dignity, fostering a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
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