Founding AI/NLP Engineer (m/w/d)
<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p>Join explaino, the operating system for enterprise knowledge transfer. Backed by Europe’s greatest early-stage VC EWOR and leading clients like Schneider Electric, Coop, Sparkassen, and AOK, we transform complex documents into dynamic explainer videos — fully automated in less than 30 minutes. We’re now looking for a Founding AI Engineer to take ownership of our AI core and shape the future of video generation with NLP, LLMs, and computer vision.</p><br/>Aufgaben<br/><p>This is not a regular IC role — it's a unique opportunity to become a founding team member. You’ll work closely with the Founder to lead the AI stack behind explaino’s transformation pipeline.</p><br/><ol><br/><li>Own, expand, and optimize our end-to-end AI pipeline (from text input to video frame output)</li><br/><li>Apply state-of-the-art NLP and LLM techniques (incl. fine-tuning, retrieval augmentation, advanced prompting strategies)</li><br/><li>Build systems that combine language, computer vision, and structured video logic</li><br/><li>Minimize hallucinations, ensure structure, and validate output with classic NLP techniques</li><br/></ol><br/>Qualifikation<br/><p>Experience as a professional AI Engineer, Data Analyst, Applied Research Scientist or similar</p><br/><ol><br/><li>Data analytics skills to continuously evaluate and improving model output</li><br/><li>2 years+ experience in Python and Huggingface.</li><br/><li>Strong NLP knowledge from traditional techniques to transformers + basic understanding of Comp. Vision</li><br/><li>German language proficiency on C2 level</li><br/><li>Availability on-site in Garching near Munich.</li><br/><li>Experience with the following would be beneficial: PyTorch, Azure ML Studio, Optuna, Langchain, Peft & Lora, Bitsandbytes, Scikit, NLTK, Numpy, Pandas, etc.</li><br/></ol><br/>Benefits<br/><ol><br/><li>Part of an innovative and dynamic team in a growing tech startup.</li><br/><li>Direct influence the company’s success and product development.</li><br/><li>Direct collaboration with the Founder.</li><br/><li>Option to participate in the company's success through virtual shares (VSOPs).</li><br/><li>Building an innovative, leading AI-based video generation backend leveraging various state-of-the-art ML/NLP/CV technologies.</li><br/><li>A creative and inspiring work environment.</li><br/></ol><br/><p>If you are as ambitious as we are and willing to go the extra mile, we are very much looking forward to your application!</p> </div>