4 months ago
Prague, CzechiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and implementation of production ML and AI systems used at scale.
- Drive technical strategy for AI across multiple product areas.
- Design and operate data pipelines, training workflows, inference services, evaluation systems, and monitoring.
- Own high-impact projects involving significant ambiguity and provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration.
- Identify and mitigate AI-system risks, including performance regressions, bias, and operational failure modes.
- Guide model lifecycle management, monitoring, and evaluation practices.
- Lead or help establish AI systems teams and collaborate with engineering, analysts, investors, and senior leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience focused on machine learning or AI systems.
- Experience building and operating production ML systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Java.
- Proven experience with LLMs, ranking or recommendation systems, search, or applied NLP.
- Deep understanding of modern machine learning techniques, including deep learning and representation learning.
- Hands-on experience with neural networks such as CNNs, RNNs, and Transformers.
- Background in classical and modern NLP techniques, including tokenization, sequence labeling, language modeling, embeddings, text classification, and information extraction.
- Experience with large-scale training pipelines using TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- Experience building human-in-the-loop training or evaluation workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across teams and share ML knowledge and best practices.
Benefits
- The role is based in Prague and local employment matters, payroll, statutory benefits, and Czech employment compliance are handled by Remote Technology Czech S.R.O. as Employer of Record.
- The position offers a startup-style environment with high ownership, fast execution, autonomy, and direct access to decision-makers within the backing of VERSANT.
- External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at a VERSANT location.
- Reasonable accommodation is available throughout the application and recruitment process.
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About Versant
Versant is a Milwaukee-based, privately held branding and marketing services firm that helps employers and consumer brands with strategy, research, and creative execution. Its offerings include brand development, video production, employer branding, internal communications, and recruitment marketing, delivered on a project or retainer basis. Founded in 1962, the company supports organizations seeking to clarify their brand and improve talent and customer communications.