AI Engineer

Remote, USA
Posted Jun 13, 2026
Full-time

Helsinki, Finland (Remote within Europe possible)

About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing, well-funded startup building a next-generation, AI-native platform that redefines how digital experiences are created in gaming. The product empowers non-technical users to create complex interactive content through AI—removing traditional barriers like coding.

They operate at the cutting edge of AI and product development, combining creativity, engineering, and advanced language models. Our team is small, highly hands-on, and fully committed to an AI-first way of working.

About the Role

We are looking for an AI Engineer to help push the boundaries of what AI systems can do in production.

This is not a traditional engineering role. You’ll work in an AI-native environment, where most code is generated with AI tools and your focus is on orchestrating, improving, and scaling intelligent systems rather than writing everything manually.

You will play a key role in improving core AI capabilities; making systems faster, cheaper, and more powerful.

What We’re Looking For

  • AI-native mindset — you actively use AI tools in your daily workflow

    Builders who have gone beyond prompting and actually built things with AI

    Curiosity and passion for pushing AI capabilities further

    Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration

    A strong bias toward action and experimentation

What You’ll Do

  • Improve and optimize AI-driven systems (e.g., make them faster, more cost-efficient, and higher quality)

    Design, build, and iterate on AI agents

    Fine-tune and adapt open-source language models for specific use cases

    Deploy and manage models in production environments

    Work on backend systems that integrate AI models into a scalable product

    Collaborate closely with product and engineering to enhance core capabilities

    Experiment with the latest AI tools, frameworks, and workflows

    Contribute across the stack when needed in a small, high-impact team

What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)

  • Significantly improve performance of core AI systems 

    Deliver measurable improvements in output quality and reliability

    Successfully deploy and iterate on fine-tuned models or agents

    Take ownership of key technical challenges with minimal supervision



Requirements


  • Strong hands-on experience with AI/ML, especially LLMs

    Experience with:

    Fine-tuning models/

    Building AI agents /

    Deploying AI systems in production

    Solid backend engineering background

    Proficiency in Python

    Experience working with cloud environments and APIs

    Ability to work independently in a fast-moving, unstructured environment

    Nice-to-have:

    Experience with TypeScript or modern web stacks

    Background in game development or interactive systems

    Familiarity with model optimization techniques (e.g., pruning, efficiency tuning)

    Experience working with open-source models

    Active GitHub or portfolio demonstrating real AI projects



Benefits


  • Competitive salary (flexible based on experience)

    Equity / stock options

    Work on cutting-edge AI technology with real impact

    Small team, high ownership, no bureaucracy

    Flexible work setup (Helsinki-based or remote within Europe)

    Opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered creation tools

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