AI Engineer

Your job:

In this position, you will join our AI team!

The team currently consists of two AI Engineers, a Product Manager, and a Team Lead. We collaborate closely with a dedicated UI/UX Designer, a Frontend Engineer, and a QA Engineer. The team is part of a group with three other teams who also work on the core features of our product, and with whom we also collaborate closely.

Our work focuses on building machine learning solutions that directly power exciting new product features, such as turning messy product data into structured attributes, categorizing products, and detecting and resolving data quality issues for our customers.

We do a mix of experimentation and implementation work, resulting in a varied workload where there is ample room for creativity.

To do this successfully, we deeply value ownership, growth, and collaboration. We foster a supportive environment where everyone actively helps one another to learn and succeed, and we are looking for someone who shares these values.

Your challenges:

• Develop AI features end-to-end.

• Lead projects in close collaboration with our Product and other Engineering teams.

• Leverage our proprietary training data to develop or improve AI models.

• Maintain our model training and serving infrastructure using both internal and external tools.

Who are you?

• You are an AI/ML engineer or a software engineer with an affinity for machine learning.

• You are a great communicator who can bridge the gap between customer demands and technical solutions.

• You have at least 4 years of working experience in a similar role.

• You like working in a team, learning from each other and actively sharing your knowledge with others.

• You like to take ownership of your projects and have strong stakeholder management skills.

• You have a solid understanding of machine learning algorithms and concepts, and have experience applying these concepts using PyTorch.

• You have knowledge of Python libraries for web development like FastAPI, Pydantic, asyncio, requests, SQLAlchemy, etc.

• You are familiar with databases and data processing libraries like PostgreSQL, Polars, DuckDB.

• You have good working knowledge of Linux, Git, and the command-line.

• You have high engineering standards. You like to leave your code cleaner than you found it.

• Some practical things we expect from you:

  • You’re available for at least 32 hours per week

  • You're willing to come to our Utrecht office for two days/week

  • You have a valid work permit

What success looks like:

• Ship exciting AI features to customers

• Shape the future of AI within Channable and e-commerce

• Use our proprietary data to develop unique AI models

Important note: We understand that studies show women may only apply for roles when they feel they meet 100% of the requirements; therefore, we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't check every box, as we are looking for passionate individuals with potential and a willingness to grow.

Who are we?

Channable was founded in 2014 in the heart of Utrecht. We are now a strong team of 320+ diverse individuals, and more than 40+ nationalities. Joining Channable means you’re looking for a bit more than just a job. Diverse as we are, we all share our love for growth, to help, to take ownership, and create an awesome journey together. Feel free to take a further look at who we are here and on our Instagram or LinkedIn! Wanna get to know us even more? Give our Culture Playbook a read.

What do we do?

Channable is a fast-growing B2B SaaS platform that offers a fully integrated way to market your products online. We empower marketers and online businesses to manage, scale, and optimize their marketing. Want to read more about our development adventures? Then visit our inspiring tech blog.
And if this makes you enthusiastic, you can also take a look at some of our open-source work at https://github.com/channable to get a feeling of how we work together and what our code looks like.

Why Channable?

At Channable, you’ll find a culture that values openness, craftsmanship, and collaboration. We invest in our people and give them the autonomy to drive meaningful change. You'll work on technical challenges that matter, with colleagues who care deeply about the product and each other.

What do we offer?

• Monthly salary ranging from € 5,000 to € 7,000 based on a 40-hour work week. This salary range reflects our career framework. Your final role level will be determined throughout the recruitment process, based on alignment with this framework.

• 8% holiday allowance - 8% of your yearly salary, which is paid together with your May salary.

• Stock Appreciation Rights: You can financially profit from Channable’s success.

• Company-wide performance bonus, up to 10% of your annual salary, determined yearly by our founders based on financial planning and targets

• Annual L&D budget of €1000 to spend on anything you want to learn. You can take full advantage of this to grow professionally.

• Saving for old age - we have a savings scheme for old age, which can accrue up to 5% of your monthly salary, or you can get an additional +2.5% to your monthly base salary.

• 26 vacation days + 2 reload days based on 40 hours.

• Fresh (hot!) meals Monday to Thursday, catering to all dietary needs - including vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free - to keep our team fueled and inspired! On Fridays, we switch it up by ordering in tasty sandwiches and salads.

• Traveling to our office? No problem, we got you covered (NS Business Card, or €0,25 per km if you decide to use a different means of transport).

• To work in a beautiful, historic, and charming office in the heart of Utrecht & with a flexible hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days in the office. We will provide home office supplies and an additional home office budget.

• Having flexible working hours means starting your day between 8.00–10.00 am.

• You have free & anonymous access to the OpenUp platform and psychologists for mental and physical support. This free service is also available to your family members.

• Remote working for 3 weeks per year, and an additional 3 weeks, if you live as an expat in the Netherlands!

• Are you going to become a parent? We think it is important that you spend time with your newborn. Enjoy 5 weeks of 100% paid partner leave.

• We want you to feel good - please feel free to use our discounted Urban Sport Club subscription and start working out for 5 euros per month only!

• Additional working conditions like massages, an in-office bar (Channabar), events, personal training sessions at our Channagym, annual Channaweekend 🏝️, and many more!

How can you introduce yourself to us?

Are you interested? Please apply by clicking on the "apply " button below. Please send your application in English. If it's a match, we will get in touch with you for an introductory call. After that, you'll be invited for interviews. We look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible!

Contact by job agencies and recruiters will not be appreciated. Each recruiter or headhunter who approaches us agrees with a donation of €250 for Make-A-Wish.

At Channable, we strive to create and foster an environment of belonging and collaboration and we believe in diverse and inclusive teams.