Applied AI / Backend engineer - combine coding and the great outdoors 🏕️

Tech Stack

PYTHON
AI
AGENTS
LLM
VERTEX AI
GRAPHQL
RAG
NODE.JS

Job Description

Embark on an adventure with us as we build the ultimate camping app.

We're a rapidly expanding startup on a mission to reinvent the camping experience, and we're seeking a passionate Applied AI engineer to join our remote EU team.

With backing Google, this is your chance to be at the forefront of something big.

If you're someone who finds joy in the rustle of leaves, the glow of a campfire, and the elegance of well-crafted code, this is for you.On our roadmap are exciting things like extracting data from the web with LLM's, building a custom RAG with our own unique dataset and building an AI agent.About UsWe help campers find the perfect camping spot.

We're proud to be the highest-rated camping app (4.7 in the App Store), with our fan base growing rapidly, now close to 500K active users per year.

Our goal is to be the #1 app for every European camper.

We believe that AI will play a big part in that.

We ❤️ that our work brings campers closer together, and helps them connect with the great outdoors.

We have an informal team, and like to keep an experimental mindset.If you haven’t already, check the app: Android, iOS.The opportunityBuild a world-class app with us, that will be used by millions of usersHelp shape further our process, tech stack, codebaseWork remote, learn a lot, have fun 🙂Perks & benefits💶 Competitive salary range: €4000-€5000 p/month🏦 Possibility for equity compensation🏕️ €1000,- yearly budget for camping trips🎉 30 vacation days — travel is our core business ;)💻 A monthly budget for your hardwareAnd:👨🏻‍💻 Remote work within the EU🌅 Freedom - choose when you work and how you work🍹 Fun in-person team events #adventure #nature #campingWhat we’re looking forMinimum 2 year experience with PythonExperience in fine tuning LLMs, tackling RAG or agentic use casesExcellent communication skillsSelf-motivated and eager to learn(Pré) Experience with LangChain, Vertex AI(Pré) Experience with Cloud Functions, GraphQL, Google Cloud, Typescript, Firestore(Pré) Passion for the outdoorsOur StackPython (@3.11)LangChain (@0.2.1)GraphQL (Apollo Server @4.11.2)Cloud Run (Node.js @ 18.x)Vertex AIFirestoreAnd: Github, Sentry, Firestore, Vertex AI, Notion, Slack, Google MeetWhat you’ll doBuild, deploy and maintain an LLM agent, that is able to search, book and possibly others things in the futureWork on web data collection and extraction with LangChainConduct small experiments, build prototypes for potential new AI based featuresImplement backend Cloud Functions and GraphQL endpoints (NodeJS/Typescript) to tie everything togetherNote: we’re not planning to build and deploy our own models from scratch (ML/deep learning).The teamFlat structure, fast technical decisions, no unnecessary stress.

Our focus is on efficiency and leveraging available tools to achieve more with less.

We're building a connected remote team through regular virtual meetups and collaborative tools.

Together, Gijs, Laurens and Boudewijn have decades of experience building excellent products and businesses.