AI Engineer

As an AI Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing, building, and scaling AI-driven applications and systems that create value for our own Agent Platform, our clients, and internal processes. You’ll primarily work on our own solutions, while also translating client needs into technical challenges, architectural decisions, and concrete AI Agent solutions.

This role is all about applied AI Engineering: putting LLMs, AI agents, RAG, model evaluation, and production-ready AI systems into practice. We’re not looking for an academic ML researcher, but for a strong engineer who understands how to build reliable, manageable, and scalable AI solutions that work in real software products.

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What will you do?

• Design and build scalable AI-driven applications, including AI agents, RAG solutions, context management, and evaluation frameworks.
• Translate client needs and business requirements into technical AI solutions and architectural decisions.
• Integrate LLMs, tools, APIs, MCPs, databases, and existing software processes. We call this Data & Context for Agents.
• Design data and retrieval processes for AI applications, taking into account batch and live integrations, upserts, and webhooks.
• Contribute to the development of our own Agent Platform, ensuring solutions are reliable, manageable, and scalable.
• Apply AI-assisted Engineering to make the software development process smarter and more efficient.
• Maintain high code quality through code reviews, testing strategies, and development best practices.
• Experiment with new AI techniques and turn them into practical applications, such as Agent Memory.
• Collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, stakeholders, and clients.
• Actively contribute to technical decisions, system design, and the continuous improvement of our engineering practices.

Who are you?

• You have a strong engineering mindset, a solid understanding of software engineering principles, and experience with Python, SQL, and backend development.
• You have proven experience building and deploying AI solutions to production, along with strong knowledge of LLMs, AI agents, RAG, and agentic workflows.
• You understand the importance of good system design, software architecture, API design, and solid data infrastructure.
• You know how to build reliable, manageable, and scalable AI solutions, with a strong focus on code quality, testing, evaluations, and monitoring.
• You’re familiar with cloud environments, modern development processes, and AI-assisted Engineering.
• You take end-to-end ownership of solutions, can make independent technical decisions, and hold yourself to high quality standards.
• You actively follow developments in AI Engineering, have a genuine interest in the field, and are eager to keep learning.
• You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, enjoy sharing knowledge, and like working closely with the team at the office.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in both Dutch and English.

Technologies and tools you’ll work with

At Zypp, we work with modern technologies and tools. We don’t expect you to know everything already, but we do expect a strong technical foundation and the ability to quickly learn new technologies.

• Backend & databases: Python, SQL, FastAPI, Pydantic, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Supabase.
• AI & LLMs: OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
• AI Agents & RAG: Pydantic AI, tool calling, agentic workflows, embeddings, vector databases, and context management.
• Integrations: APIs, MCP, FastMCP, webhooks, and batch and live integrations.
• Cloud & development: Azure, Docker, Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD, and testing.
• AI-assisted Engineering: Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and similar tools.

Benefits of working at Zypp

At Zypp, we’re a direct, flat organization with a high level of expertise and a strong engineering mindset. We work hard, give people a lot of responsibility, and are a close-knit team where we help each other bring out the best in ourselves.

Here’s what you can expect from us:

• A young, innovative team with strong technical expertise. You’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about technology and continuously want to learn and improve.
• A modern workplace in the heart of Rotterdam. Our office is located at the CIC Innovation Hub, surrounded by more than 200 startups and scale-ups.
• All the benefits of a mature startup. No unnecessary hierarchy, short communication lines, fast iterations, and plenty of room for your own ideas and feedback. And we actually act on them.
• Make a real impact. The solutions you build are intended for clients who are waiting for them and are eager to use them. You’ll see the direct impact of your work.
• A lot of trust and responsibility. You’ll have the freedom to make technical decisions, take initiative, and take ownership of your work.
• Room to grow. Everyone who joins Zypp grows not only technically, but also in communication, collaboration, and personal development.
• A close-knit team. We help each other, share knowledge, and believe it’s important to have fun together. Of course, that also includes regular team outings and drinks.
• Working together at the office. We believe in the value of direct collaboration and knowledge sharing. That’s why we enjoy working together at the office, without requiring a fixed number of office days.

Curious what it’s really like to work at Zypp? Read our colleagues’ blogs about their first year at Zypp. No filters!

Nice to have

In addition to the core skills, there are a few things that would be a strong plus:

• Experience building multiple AI agents or agentic workflows running in production.
• Experience with Pydantic AI, MCP, FastMCP, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with LLM observability, tracing, model evaluation, and evaluation tooling.
• Experience with multi-tenant SaaS or scalable platform development.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, and Terraform.
• Experience with frontend development, such as React, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui.
• Experience with security, privacy, and compliance in AI solutions, or mentoring and guiding other engineers.

What does success look like in this role?

We believe it’s important that you don’t just build technically strong solutions, but that those solutions also create real value for our clients and our platform.

You’ll be successful in this role when you:

• Build AI solutions that run reliably in production and are actively used.
• Effectively apply AI agents, RAG, and LLMs to create tangible business value.
• Have model evaluation and quality control properly in place, ensuring AI output remains reliable and manageable.
• Can quickly translate client needs into technical decisions, architecture, and working solutions.
• Take independent responsibility for the quality and impact of your work.
• Contribute to a strong applied AI Engineering culture within Zypp.
• Continuously learn and help the team grow in modern AI Engineering practices.

Do you recognize yourself in this?

At Zypp, we’re looking for colleagues who enjoy their work, take responsibility, share knowledge, and continuously strive to improve. People who don’t just focus on the technical solution, but also understand why we’re building something and what impact it creates.

We’re working towards our mission and looking for committed engineers who want to build it with us.

Application process

Interested in this role? You can apply directly through this page.

After receiving your application, we'll get in touch to schedule an introductory conversation. During this conversation, we'll get to know each other better and tell you more about Zypp, the team, and the role.

If we're both enthusiastic, we'll invite you to complete a technical assessment. We've developed this assessment ourselves to get a better understanding of your technical skills and how you apply them to a realistic use case. At the same time, it gives you a good impression of the technical challenges you'll be working on at Zypp.

Sound like something for you? We'd love to get to know you!