Lead Software Engineer - Generative AI

About the Role

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Generative AI to join our innovative team at Varicent. In this remote position, you will play a pivotal role in redefining how organizations achieve revenue success through cutting-edge AI solutions. As a leader in the Sales Performance Management (SPM) market, Varicent empowers revenue leaders globally, and you will contribute to this mission by building scalable AI systems that drive measurable improvements in quality and reliability.

What You'll Do

• Own delivery for significant features or systems: clarify requirements, design the solution, execute, ship, and iterate.
• Build and maintain reliable services and workflows that support AI features in production.
• Define how quality is measured for your area (success metrics, test strategy, evaluation approach) and automate it wherever possible.
• Run structured experiments, interpret results, and translate learnings into product improvements.
• Improve operational readiness: deployment automation, monitoring/alerting, incident follow-up, and performance/cost optimizations.
• Mentor teammates through design feedback, code reviews, and practical guidance.

Requirements

• 6+ years in software engineering.
• 3+ years building and shipping production software in product teams.
• Bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and system design.
• Hands-on coding in Python and/or TypeScript (or similar), APIs/services, data pipelines.
• Cloud experience, CI/CD, automated testing, observability; engineers own quality without dedicated QA.
• Experimentation mindset: define metrics, build evals, iterate quickly; willingness to learn GenAI rapidly.

Nice to Have

• GenAI/LLM: prompt engineering, retrieval/RAG, function/tool-calling, evaluation pipelines, fine-tuning/LoRA, embeddings/vector search.
• LLMOps: experiment tracking, prompt/version control, cost/latency optimization.
• Tools: serverless AWS, LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure OpenAI; vector DBs (Pinecone/FAISS/Milvus).
• External contributions (open source, blogs, talks).

What We Offer

• Market Leading Compensation Package.
• Wellness Programs to Support Health and Wellbeing.
• Working with the latest tools and technologies in a fast-paced environment.
• Remote Work Flexibility.
• Comprehensive Employee Insurance Coverage: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance.
• Annual Time Off: Time off is provided in accordance with applicable legislative requirements.
• Global Connected Culture: Hubs in Romania, UK, US, Canada.
• Dynamic Work Culture: Thrive in our innovative and multicultural environment.
• Grow with Us: Continuous development opportunities.

This Lead Software Engineer - Generative AI role offers the chance to innovate with purpose and lead in redefining revenue optimization. Join us at Varicent, where your talent and ambition meet limitless opportunities for success!