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With our AI-powered platform, we simplify bid management by turning it into a smooth, strategic process. We connect workflows, automate tasks, and make knowledge accessible, so teams can work more efficiently and effectively.\nBut we’re not stopping there.\nWe’re building the first AI-powered Agentic Virtual Bidmanagement Assistant, designed to automate the entire bid lifecycle. With fresh funding, big ambitions, and a fast-growing team, we’re just getting started.\nIf you value innovation, enjoy working collaboratively, and want to make a real impact, we’d love to have you on board.\nLet’s work together!\nThe opportunity\nEurope’s governments spend €2 trillion a year through 700,000+ public tenders, and in the private sector, RFPs account for roughly 40% of B2B enterprise revenue, with the average bid team defending nine figures in annual revenue across ~150 responses a year.\nThe companies competing for that money still run their bid process manually, over email, and without automation built on institutional knowledge. We’re building the AI bid management category that changes that.\nThe time for growth is now. We have recently rebuilt our entire product from scratch and revamped our GTM process, both of which are now fully AI-native.\nAbout the Team:\nWe're a high-performing, innovative Engineering team. Our goal is to build a world class culture and are well under way. We apply the latest AI technologies and tools for software development, like spec-driven development (using Speckit), but avoid falling into the trap of vibe coding. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of software engineering and everyone is expected to understand the code written by the AI tools we drive. We foster a culture of experimentation, and open communication.\nWhat sets us apart: engineers own their projects end-to-end: frontend, backend, infrastructure and monitoring. You make the architectural decisions, write the specs, ship the work and monitor performance and usage. When you need help, you rely on your peers for collaboration, solution brainstorming, and expertise whenever you need it\nIf you love building software in the agentic way, working on high-performing teams, and having a significant impact on the business, you'll feel right at home at Altura.\nTL;DR\nAltura is building the first agentic AI Virtual Bid Manager-a system that automates the entire bid lifecycle-and creating the Knowledge Center that turns bid data into actionable insights for organisations to make smarter, data-driven decisions.\nAs a Senior AI Engineer, you’ll join a high-caliber team building the agentic layer that powers Altura’s next evolution. This is not a “plug prompts into an API” role. You’ll design and ship real agentic workflows: context-aware, production-grade systems that sit on top of our proprietary data graph and become a core technical moat.\nYou’ll work in a small, fast-moving team with full freedom to experiment: Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and new models the day they drop. If something advances the state of the art, we’re using it.\nYou’ll drive high-impact AI initiatives end-to-end:\nFrom discovery and greenfield prototyping\n\nTo model evaluation and multi-model strategy\n\nTo production rollout, observability, and continuous improvement\n\nBeyond product capabilities, you’ll help shape foundational AI platform components: context engineering, agent orchestration, evaluation frameworks, tone monitoring, and online observability.\nNo corporate red tape. No endless committees. Just ownership, speed, and real technical influence.\nYou’ll ship AI that is:\nReliable in production\n\nScalable across customers\n\nMeasurable in impact\n\nCost-aware by design\n\nAnd you’ll help define what “great AI engineering” looks like inside a Series A company operating at the leading edge.\nOur Tech Stack\nAI: Python\nFrontend: Vue.js and Nuxt.js\nBackend: C# - ASP.NET\nInfrastructure: Azure, GitHub, Linear\nWhat you’ll do (responsibilities)\nDesign and Deliver an agentic layer and a rich context graph that delivers automation of work with deep integration in our customers knowledge repositories.\n\nDrive architecture & delivery of production LLM/GenAI systems (context engineering, agentic workflows, model evaluations, multi-model strategies).\n\nDefine and implement evaluation: offline + online metrics, gold sets, regression tests, human review loops, and A/B experiments.\n\nOperationalize LLMOps: deployment patterns, observability, monitoring, incident response, and performance/cost optimization (latency, throughput, token spend).\n\nBuild guardrails & security: prompt-injection defenses, data-exfiltration prevention, permissions for tools/actions, and safe handling of sensitive data.\n\nEstablish engineering standards: reference implementations, reusable libraries, review practices, and documentation that accelerates teams.\n\nMentor and influence: coach engineers, raise the bar on system design and code quality, and align multiple teams on outcomes and timelines.\n\nWhat we’re looking for (minimum qualifications)\nExtensive experience in AI/ML software engineering (or equivalent), with multiple production AI/ML launches.\n\nStrong software engineering fundamentals (system design, testing, reliability, code review, APIs).\n\nProven experience with LLM application patterns (e.g., context engineering, output quality, embeddings/vector search, prompt design, structured outputs).\n\nHands-on experience building evaluation + monitoring for model/system quality in production.\n\nComfort operating in cloud environments (Azure), containers, CI/CD, and modern observability.\n\nExcellent cross-functional communication: you can translate ambiguity into plans, tradeoffs, and shipped outcomes.\n\nNice to have\nExperience optimizing inference (caching, batching, routing, quantization) or serving open-source models.\n\nExperience building internal AI platforms (evaluation harnesses, prompt/version management).\n\nWhat success looks like in 90-180 days\nDelivery of AI native capabilities in our platform, aligned with product goals and risk constraints.\n\nA repeatable evaluation + release process that prevents regressions and supports fast iteration.\n\nAI capabilities shipped with monitoring, guardrails, and measurable business impact.\n\nInterview process\nRecruiter screen (30 min)\n\nMeet the team + system design (60 min)\n\nPractical exercise or pairing (90 min)\nFully agentic coding session\n\nFinal conversation\n\nOffer\n\nWe offer:\nWork - Build the future of SaaS at a moment when the way software gets made, sold, and used is being rewritten. 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