Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Overview

At Flinn, we’re redefining how medical device manufacturers create safer and better products 10x more efficiently. To shape the development of one of our new products and to extend and scale our technical platform, we are looking for a product-minded Backend Engineer with a strong AI focus. You will build AI Native products that increase the safety of medical devices and as part of scaling Flinn, you will play a key role in growing our tech team further and building. For this position, we are looking for a new team member with a fix base in commuting distance to Berlin or Vienna to enjoy regular in person interactions paired with great flexibility for remote work.

What’s in it for You?

• Join one of Europes fast growing startups backed by Tier 1 Investors.
• Build AI Native Products - Work at the forefront of GenAI and ML , bringing state-of-the-art technologies to life.
• Work very closely on-site with the biggest MedTech companies in the world.
• Collaborate with an exceptional team of Top Data Scientists, Designers, and Engineers across disciplines with experience at Amazon, N26, Apple, TIER, Gorillas, and IBM.
• Lead a cutting-edge greenfield project with technologies like LangChain, Foundation Language and Voice Models, Agents SDK, Node.js, AWS.
• Thrive in a flexible, empowering environment with unlimited vacation and autonomy over your schedule.
• Receive a top-of-market salary and one of the most employee-friendly equity packages , including fair vesting terms and profit-sharing opportunities.
• Be part of a well-funded startup led by a highly experienced founding team who know how to build and sustain long-term success.
• Work sustainably: We are a net-zero company , and all unavoidable CO₂ emissions are compensated with carefully selected, high-quality removal certificates.

Do you want to learn more about us? Have a look at our Career Page.

Your contributions to our journey

You will spend your time mainly on these tasks:

• Configure current products onsite
• Build Products with customers onsite to learn/ fast
• Supporting Sales and Customer Adoption by building AI demos/ prototypes
• Contribute to the core product by building features

In practice this will mean

• Build many AI Agents & features for specific MedTech companies.
• Relay learnings back to the Product Team.
• Be involved in defining and shaping our tech & product roadmap.
• Drive and spear-head architectural and software design decisions.
• Be hands-on in designing, developing and deploying scalable web applications.
• Mentor other team members and be involved in hiring software engineers.

We are looking for someone who is very technical and a good communicator. Someone who is willing to work very closely with customers (often onsite) to solve their problems by building products, thus having a substantial impact the MedTech industry.

What you need to be successful

• Experience with LLMs including prompt engineering, agent development and evaluation frameworks.
• Experience building AI Agents and working with different AgentSDK.
• Proven track record of designing, implementing, delivering and maintaining complex web applications.
• Fast prototyper to test hypothesis directly with customers.
• Extensive experience building modern backend systems using Node.js (preferably using Express.js).
• Experience in frontend development with React is a strong plus.
• Ability to work closely with our customers on-site working in fast iteration cycles.
• Strong product minded thinking not just about the code but also deeply about the product.
• Travel frequently to customer sites to build in person with customers.

Attributes we are looking for

• You have a positive, problem-solving mindset and a clear bias for action, you bring in your ideas and solutions proactively.
• You are passionate about creating products that solve real-world problems, while regarding technology as a tool and not an end in itself.
• You are a good communicator both with technical and non-technical folks and are able to give and receive direct and open feedback.
• You are flexible, pragmatic, and able to react to new findings and keep adapting under dynamic environments.
• You have a passion for sharing your knowledge, you mentor less experienced engineers, you lead by example.