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We’re in an exciting growth phase following our Series B funding and are expanding our team. Our hybrid working culture includes three office days per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) at our Berlin headquarters. Looking ahead, we’re also growing London as our second location, with a new office planned for 2025.
A little about us
Redefining graphic design: Kittl is transforming how creators work with an intuitive platform that stands as a modern, competitive alternative to traditional design tools: Build the new Adobe of tomorrow.
Rapid growth: Millions of users within just two years of launch
Diverse team: 120+ team members representing 30+ different countries
Truly product-led company: Engineers, Product managers and designers are at the core of Kittl - shaping an engineering driven working culture
Strong funding: Raised over $45M from world-renowned investors who have also backed companies like Slack, Dropbox, and Figma
Learn more: www.kittl.com/career
Your role at Kittl
As a Senior AI Engineer, you’ll lead the AI Platform team at Kittl, playing a key role in driving AI initiatives across the company. You’ll shape and evolve the internal AI infrastructure while ensuring the seamless integration of cutting-edge models into our product ecosystem. Your work will help unlock transformative user-facing features, optimize internal workflows, and scale AI-powered capabilities in the context of graphic design. This role collaborates closely with product and business teams and reports to the CTO.
What you’ll do
Build and scale AI infrastructure: Design, maintain, and improve Kittl’s AI inference infrastructure to support scalable and efficient model deployment
Define AI strategy and roadmap: Lead the development and execution of Kittl’s AI roadmap, aligning it with company objectives. Champion best practices, responsible AI principles, and sustainable long-term strategy
Enable AI adoption across teams: Create processes and frameworks that help product and engineering teams identify opportunities for AI integration and experimentation
Optimize AI performance & efficiency: Improve the reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of AI systems, including model deployment and infrastructure optimization
Translate strategic needs into technical solutions: Work with cross-functional partners to ensure AI initiatives deliver real-world, measurable impact across the product
What you’ll need
Applied AI and deep learning experience: At least 5 years working with deep learning models in production environments, including 1–2 years focused on image generation and diffusion models
Leadership: At least 2 years in a leadership role guiding teams and defining AI strategy
Infrastructure & scaling know-how: Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), AI model optimization, and distributed systems for deploying and managing large-scale inference systems
Strategic thinking & cross-functional leadership: Ability to define a technical roadmap that aligns with product and business goals, and guide teams toward delivering high-impact solutions
Hands-on technical depth: Strong experience with Python, PyTorch, HuggingFace Diffusers, and distributed computing frameworks
Clear & collaborative communication: Capable of explaining complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, and building alignment across diverse stakeholders
Adaptability & learning mindset: Enthusiastic about staying current with AI trends and applying new developments to real-world challenges
Interview process
Recruiter interview (30 min)
Hiring manager interview (45 min)
Technical take home assignment
Take home assignment discussion (60 min)
Gen AI system design interview (30 min)
Engineering leadership interview with CTO (30 min)
Product Manager & Chief of Staff bar raiser interview (45 min)
We are looking for someone
Exceptionally driven to drive impact and challenge the status quo
Who takes extreme ownership & gets things done
Who goes above and beyond in their role
Who is deeply passionate about what they do
Benefits
Maximise your impact: No matter if you’re leading a team or you stand out by your domain expertise - all we care about is supporting you to maximise your own impact
Hackathons: Our quarterly hackathons provide an environment to experiment with new concepts, push boundaries, and potentially deliver the next big thing.
Kittl Week: Each year, our global team gathers together for a whole week, to work, celebrate, get inspired, and have fun
Flexible working hours: Our core hours are 11am–5pm CET, leaving the rest of your schedule flexible to fit your style
Workspace access: Premium WeWork All Access account, enabling you to work from any global WeWork location
Remote work: Work up to 50 days (10 weeks) fully remote per year from anywhere in the world, as long as you maintain our core hours
Learning & development: Our L&D budget supports your professional growth
Vacation: Up to 30 vacation days per year
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🌈 At Kittl, we embrace diversity and value every team member's unique background, identity, and experience. We're all about respect, honesty, and inclusivity. Together, we create a safe and supportive work environment where everyone thrives. Join us on this exciting journey of making our company and product even better!
