WeTravel is launching its AI Lab, a fast-moving, experiment-driven team focused on discovering new AI solutions. As our first AI Engineer, you will work hand-in-hand with a Product Manager to ideate, prototype, and test Agentic AI workflows that solve high-impact problems for travel organizers and internal teams. This role is about rapid experimentation, building proof-of-concepts, validating them in the real world, and handing them off to product teams for full-scale rollout.

What You'll Do

Partner with the AI Lab Product Manager to design, build, and iterate on AI prototypes — from concept to working MVPs.
Architect and deliver Agentic AI solutions such as automated Itinerary builder workflows, AI-powered sales agents for organizers, and automation of the top 3 most time-consuming organizer tasks.
Work autonomously to build working prototypes in isolation from the main system, enabling high-speed iteration.
Run rapid experiments — validating or disproving product hypotheses in days, not weeks.
Ensure smooth handover of validated projects to product engineering teams, including documentation, training, and technical guidance.
Stay ahead of AI trends, frameworks, and tooling to continuously improve our experimentation velocity.
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and product teams to explore and evaluate AI opportunities.
Maintain a “move fast without breaking things” mindset — balancing speed with quality, stability, and compliance.

What We're Looking For

6+ years of software engineering experience building production systems.
Strong engineering skills and proven experience in GenAI / LLM applications, having built and launched LLM-enabled products to customers.
Demonstrated ability to design, build, and ship working prototypes independently.
Proven track record of rapid iteration and experimentation.
Proficiency with LLM providers and SDKs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta).
Experience with AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.) or custom-built solutions.
Ability to design and implement RAG pipelines end-to-end (ingestion, embeddings, vector stores, search, evaluation).
Knowledge of performance and cost optimization for AI workloads.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization, and CI/CD.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Cross-functional collaboration experience.
Ability to mentor and train others on AI concepts.

Nice to Have

Understanding of model training, fine-tuning, and when to apply different approaches.
Prior work on agentic AI systems.
Experience with small language models (SLMs) for latency-sensitive workloads.

Technical Stack

React
ReactNative
TypeScript
Ruby on Rails
Python
Kubernetes
MongoDB
MySQL
Postgres
Snowflake

Team & Environment

You will be the first AI Engineer in the AI Lab, a fast-moving, experiment-driven team.

Benefits & Compensation

Generous "Time to Recharge" policy — unlimited paid time off.
Amsterdam Program – visit HQ in Amsterdam for 2-4 weeks every year, staying in a WeTravel apartment.
Annual team off-site.
Extensive paid family leave.
Three paid volunteer days per year.
2-week cross-functional onboarding program.
Cutting-edge equipment and tools. Coverage for certain work-from-home (WFH) equipment.
Cambly for colleagues for whom English is not their first language.