AI Engineer

Job Title: AI Engineer

Employment Status: Full-time

Preferred Location: Vienna, Austria (Hybrid) OR remote within the EU with an initial 2-3 week onsite training period

Compensation: attractive base salary + performance-based bonus and equity options.

Final compensation is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits: free in-office lunch, public transportation ticket, company retreats

Job Summary

Join us in an exciting opportunity as an AI Engineer at Ketryx, where you'll help enhance and expand our AI-powered solution that helps medical device manufacturers build safer software faster. In this role, you'll be part of a small, highly motivated team working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical software development. You'll help shape the future of how medical device teams interact with AI systems while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Our mission is to reinvent how medical device manufacturers bring life-saving innovations to market. As part of our growing AI team, you'll have the opportunity to make significant contributions to our AI infrastructure and help medical device teams work more efficiently and safely.

About You

You're passionate about applying AI to solve real-world problems, particularly in regulated industries where safety and reliability are paramount. Your strong technical foundation in AI/ML is complemented by excellent software engineering skills and a desire to build production-ready systems that users can trust. You're excited about the challenge of making AI systems that are both powerful and responsible, especially in the context of medical software development.

You thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where you can take ownership of technical decisions and see their direct impact on users. You're naturally curious, love diving deep into complex problems, and are comfortable working across the full AI system stack - from model integration to user experience design.

Required Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Computing, and at least 2-3 years of practical experience in related field with focus on AI/ML

Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in a product-focused company

Knowledge in common Software Engineering practice

Experience with large language models (LLMs) and natural language processing

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience building production systems

Additional Skills

Experience working on a TypeScript or JavaScript backend (for product integration work)

Familiarity with React, Next.js, and GraphQL

Experience with AI systems in regulated industries

Understanding of medical device software development processes

Our Tech Stack

Software platform built on Next.js / React. The backend and frontend, including the AI parts, are maintained in TypeScript

PostgreSQL database

AWS (EC2, ELB, S3, CloudWatch, etc.) for deployment

GitHub, Jira, Confluence for collaboration

Am I a Good Fit?

How would you manage state when using an LLM to power a conversation?

How would you design an AI-powered document analysis system from scratch?

What does the await keyword do in TypeScript, and how does it relate to Promises?

How did you integrate AI powered features into a user-facing SaaS / software system?

If you feel confident talking about these kinds of questions, let’s talk!

Your Responsibilities

Enhance and expand the capabilities of our AI-powered solution across our platform

Develop and optimize advanced natural language processing techniques for requirement analysis and traceability, with emphasis on identifying dependencies and potential gaps

Implement methodologies for AI-assisted software verification and validation processes, focusing on regulated environment requirements

Design and develop AI-powered document processing and generation systems with continuous validation capabilities

Build and maintain testing frameworks to evaluate KI's AI components through empirical studies, measuring efficiency gains, accuracy improvements, and user satisfaction metrics

Establish and implement monitoring systems for continuous validation of AI features in regulated environments

Lead cross-functional collaboration with the product team to design measurable, impactful AI solutions that address specific user challenges

Ensure AI systems maintain compliance with medical software requirements through systematic testing and validation protocol

Compensation

For Austrian employees, we are offering an attractive compensation package. The anticipated gross annual salary starts at €80,000 plus performance-based bonus and will be adjusted according to your qualifications and experience.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, ML, Product Engineering, TypeScript, Software Engineering, Medical Device Software, Large Language Models, LLMs, React, PostgreSQL

What We Offer

Competitive compensation

Generous stock options possible

Work in an exciting field with a positive impact on the world

Opportunity to learn and grow as part of a global team

Hybrid work model (mix of work from home and office is possible)

Generous PTO for full-time

Ketryx is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances

Ketryx is saving and improving lives by making medical software safe and reliable. We empower software teams building medical applications to create safe, secure, and compliant products used by patients and providers worldwide. We believe that, by automating much of the documentation and quality processes, teams will be able to produce safer and more innovative medical software faster.

Ketryx is at the forefront of helping teams incorporate AI/ML into medical software and that’s why we need you!