Senior AI Software Engineer

About the role

As an AI Software Engineer at Kertos, you'll play a key role in shaping how AI is embedded into our platform and product experience. You'll build AI-powered product features that help companies generate documentation, automate workflows, and interact intelligently with compliance systems.

What you'll do

• Build AI-powered compliance experiences: Develop features that generate policies, automate documentation, and assist users through intelligent workflows.
• Work on applied AI, not research: Integrate and orchestrate LLMs into real product use cases that deliver immediate value to customers.
• Make automation feel intelligent and reliable: Improve how our AI assistant and generative systems behave, ensuring accuracy, usability, and trust.
• Own the process: Drive features from concept to delivery, shaping both technical implementation and product outcomes.
• Continuously improve what you build: Iterate on existing systems, refine outputs, and enhance performance over time.
• Shape engineering excellence: Contribute to improving developer experience, system quality, and delivery speed.

What you'll need

• Proven track record as a Software Engineer (backend or fullstack)
• Strong experience with Python
• Experience building production-grade systems and APIs
• Interest in AI and applied LLM use cases (hands-on experience is a plus)
• Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and a passion for building impactful products
• Comfortable working in environments with evolving requirements and imperfect information
• Proactive mindset: you don't just deliver tasks, you improve systems

What they offer

• Full flexibility to work from Berlin office, Munich HQ, or home office
• Personal Development Budget of 1,500 EUR per year
• Mental health support partnership with nilo
• Wellpass membership subsidy for physical fitness
• Strong onboarding with dedicated buddy and compliance expertise training
• Regular 1-on-1 feedback meetings and mentorship with CTO