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You will lead and contribute to the development of software systems used across KInIT, work closely with research teams to turn promising research outputs into reliable solutions, and help strengthen software engineering practices across the institute.\nYour mission at KInIT\nBuild and lead software solutions across KInIT\nTechnical ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of selected KInIT systems, leading architecture, implementation, deployment, operation, and long-term maintainability.\n\nHands-on development: Actively contribute code across the full application stack.\n\nInternal tools: Collaborate with application owners to deliver practical solutions. An initial priority will be advancing an internal project and capacity allocation tool.\n\nTurn research results into practical solutions\nProduction AI/ML: Transform models, methods, and pipelines into reliable, reusable software assets.\n\nEnd-to-end architecture: Design surrounding architecture, including APIs, user interfaces, access management, monitoring, and infrastructure, to make research operational.\n\nScalable AI services: Expose ML models as scalable services, create applications around novel research outcomes such as models or pipelines, and build reusable serving, benchmarking, and data processing infrastructure.\n\nStrengthen software engineering at KInIT\nAs a senior, you are expected to:\nEstablish standards: Introduce reusable patterns, tools, and best practices to streamline development across teams.\n\nKnowledge sharing: Share practical engineering expertise across the institute.\n\nModern tech adoption: Bring the latest advancements in cloud infrastructure, software engineering, and AI engineering into daily workflows.\n\nWhat makes this role different\nYou won't be joining a conventional product team.\nAt KInIT, we bridge cutting-edge AI research with real-world engineering. 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