Sr Gen AI Engineer

Location: This is a fully remote position within a globally distributed company. It is open to candidates located in the EMEA region who wish to work remotely. Preferred locations include Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Due to our compensation strategy, we will not consider applicants from high-cost-of-living areas such as Benelux, DACH, France, Spain, the Nordics, and the UK.

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We are looking for a Senior Generative AI Engineer to spearhead the development of generative AI applications. You will harness data and the latest advancements in AI to create solutions that drive significant business outcomes. If you are a talented, self-motivated team player with a passion for innovation, we want you on our team!

• Drive pioneering innovation in AI quality engineering: You'll be at the forefront of building truly unique solutions that reshape the way quality engineering is done at scale. Your work will directly contribute to our vision of AI-powered quality engineering, creating intellectual property that sets new industry standards.
• Frontline empowerment with global impact: As a senior member of the team, you'll be empowered to make decisions that drive software quality improvements for industry giants like Microsoft, Netflix, and Uber. Your work will improve engineering metrics for Fortune 500 companies, ultimately touching the lives of hundreds of millions of users worldwide who rely on our clients' software every day.
• Collaborate with top-tier talent: You'll work alongside other senior GenAI engineers and architects who share your passion for innovation. Together, you'll tackle complex challenges and push the boundaries of what's possible in quality engineering, shaping industry-leading standards and best practices.

• Great Culture: Testlio is a female-founded company, and half our team identifies as women. We’re proud of our inclusive, purpose-driven culture where people genuinely enjoy collaborating. As part of our team (we call ourselves TestLions), you’ll help create exceptional digital experiences for our customers, while also contributing to our freelance network and social impact initiatives like Ignite.
• Remote Work: Our culture is built around remote work. We’ve created systems to allow us to successfully work together asynchronously as a fully remote and globally distributed team. Testlio provides the tools and guidance for everyone to succeed in their careers in a fully remote setting. Our working style encourages everyone to make decisions, communicate effectively, and work at a sustainable pace. 
• Investment in You: Your growth and well-being matter to us. You’ll have flexible paid time off—including national holidays, personal days, and sick days—plus stock options so you can grow with Testlio. We also provide a $300 annual learning stipend to support your personal and professional development.
• Winning Business: Testlio is growing, profitable, and cash-strong. We are leading our industry with exceptional clients who provide us with a high NPS score and a 4.7 rating on G2. Our business model is global, enterprise, and subscription-based. Several of our largest clients have been with us for 7+ years, and many spend $500K+/year with Testlio.  

• Design and develop cutting-edge solutions: You'll architect and build innovative GenAI applications, iterating and improving them based on real-world feedback and performance metrics. This includes coding and sophisticated prompt engineering to create robust, production-ready solutions.
• Collaborate across teams: You'll work closely with other GenAI engineers, software engineers, and architects to integrate AI solutions into our platform seamlessly. Your expertise will help bridge the gap between advanced AI capabilities and practical engineering needs.
• Optimize and scale AI solutions: You'll identify and overcome obstacles to broader adoption, continuously improving our existing GenAI implementations. You will focus on making our solutions more reliable, scalable, and valuable for our users.
• Drive architectural improvements: You'll contribute to upgrading our architecture to support more versatile and powerful GenAI solutions, ensuring they meet both functional requirements (accuracy, speed) and non-functional requirements (scalability, security).
• Stay at the cutting edge: You'll keep pace with the latest developments in the generative AI field, evaluating new tools and approaches through prototyping and proof of concepts. Your insights will help shape our technology roadmap and innovation strategy.

Technical Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering. A strong plus is a BSc/MSc in Data Science or Machine learning. Certifications in LLM & GenAI tools are a strong plus.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years of hands-on design & implementation of GenAI solutions.
• Proficiency with LangGraph, LangChain, OpenHands, vector embeddings, prompting strategies, and a wide range of SOTA LLM models & tools.
• Strong coding experience in Python and/or Node.js/TypeScript. Experience with React is a plus. 
• Hands-on experience with software design, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Familiarity with AWS, microservice architectures & containerization.

Human Skills

• Fluency in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Organized and thorough with a commitment to quality.
• Results-oriented, with data-driven decision-making and a focus on delivering impactful outcomes.
• A passion for staying current with the latest industry trends and technologies, and a drive to improve and innovate continuously.
• A preference for a remote working environment, collaborating closely with peers within the EMEA timezone.

We do our best to bring on individuals who will be excited about their role and have the potential for a great future with Testlio. Since we are 100% distributed, we’d like you to meet with multiple people from our organization to give you an idea of who you would be working with, your role expectations, etc. Our interview process can take about 4 to 6 weeks to complete. 

• Application
• Multipart TestGorilla assessment
• Recruiter interview
• Take-Home Coding exercise with a follow-up demo & discussion
• ~5 Team and Stakeholder interviews
• Reference checks
• Offer & background check 

Testlio is an equal-opportunity employer deeply committed to creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are female-founded, and 46% of our team identifies as women. See the DEI section of our website for more information.