Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Infrared City

Infrared City

Software Engineering
Vienna, Austria
Posted on Mar 25, 2025

infrared.city is a start-up and spin-off from the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). We make environmental simulations accessible to architects, designers and urban decision makers. Using state-of-the-art deep learning models, we predict simulation results in real-time, revolutionizing environmental design and architecture with unprecedented speed to insight. We are looking for top talent to join our core team. If you are looking for a place to offer your skills and make a difference, we would love to hear from you!

Your main focus will be the development of our AI aspects of our SaaS product. You will be directly working with and reporting to our CSO. We are currently a small team, looking to quickly double in size, and you will be at the very core. Here is what you ‘ll do:

  • Lead the development of core features
  • Write high quality and performant code
  • Contribute to technical ideas and suggestions to enhance the direction of the product
  • Set and maintain high quality standards and processes: tests, CI/CD, DevOps, documentation
  • Build and deploy scalable data generation pipelines across different modalities
  • Build prototypes and minimum viable products to validate new AI-driven concepts across different modalities
  • Work with backend engineers to develop and test scalable infrastructure to support AI workloads
  • Continuously monitor and optimize models to improve performance over time
  • Stay up-to-date on the latest LLM and VLM research and identify opportunities to incorporate state-of-the-art techniques
  • Work with computer vision and multimodal models to build integrated AI systems

Join us if you:

  • Are a driven individual that enjoys taking initiative
  • Are a dedicated team player
  • Are eager to positively contribute to the decision making process
  • Appreciate clear and effective communication
  • Are a strong problem solver
  • Have an appetite for growth and exploring fields out of your comfort zone
  • Enjoy taking on responsibility and owning your part of the project
  • Have an open personality and enjoy knowledge sharing
  • What we offer:

    • A workplace that encourages involvement and values your contribution
    • A plan for your personal growth and our support while you achieve your goals
    • A place that makes you feel important, as you already are
    • Fantastic career opportunities
    • Flexible remote working (based in Vienna)
    • An opportunity to build something from the ground up - no maintenance of legacy code
    • A competitive salary, according to your experience
    • Respect to work-life balance

    We are fully aware that no one knows everything, and we have all seen job ads that made us feel small. We are looking for an experienced, talented and driven individual that will grow with us, so please don’t be discouraged if you don’t possess every single skill.

    Essential skills:

    • 1-2 years experience developing applications with language and computer vision models
    • Proficiency in Python; experience with frameworks like Flask, Streamlit
    • Experience in backend development in languages such as Python, C#, NodeJS, Go or Rust
    • Comfort in Git workflows
    • Working in Agile environments

    Nice to have:

    • Familiarity with computer vision and experience with multimodal models
    • Familiarity with LLMOps tools and techniques for responsible LLM deployment
    • Familiarity with frontend development using React, Vue.js, or Angular
    • Experience using AWS and AWS CLI
    • Experience with containers and container orchestration

    Infrared City GmbH is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.