YOUR MISSION
We are a team deeply passionate about natural language processing (NLP). Throughout the recent years, we have been dedicated to assisting numerous individuals in adopting and mastering cutting-edge technologies for processing and querying unstructured text data.
At the core of our efforts lies our flagship product, Haystack, an open source LLM framework designed for creating powerful, production-ready applications. Our ultimate aim is to establish Haystack as the go-to standard for practical LLM applications.
As a Senior NLP Engineer at deepset, you’ll play a fundamental part in establishing Haystack as a recognized authority in the LLM space.
You’ll focus not just on the code, but also contribute with documentation, write integrations, tutorials and LLM use cases.
OUR MISSION
We are an AI startup that empowers developers to build applications that use natural language as the interface to data. Our open-source framework Haystack is used by thousands of developers to build LLM applications. Our LLM platform, deepset Cloud, enables enterprises worldwide to unlock the potential of large language models for their business cases. Come join our team and work with tech experts on real-world cases, in a fast-paced and high-impact environment, and shape the AI space together with us.
LIFE AT DEEPSET
At deepset you will find an environment with equal opportunities to grow, share ideas, build relationships, and succeed. We believe every employee is important and generates a direct impact on our team’s success.
We are certified by Flexa® Careers as a flexible employer, and our remote first culture is designed to provide work-life balance, autonomy, and flexibility.
Our daily meetings, the quarterly in person "re:base", and the social events allow us to work with great synergy. We would like to invite you to visit our life page to learn more about our culture.
YOUR IMPACT
- Design new components and deliver new features for Haystack by observing and possibly anticipating trends in the LLM space.
- Collaborate cross functionally with different teams at deepset to get insights and provide inputs.
- Manage Github issues, taking ownership of the process from triaging to resolution.
- Participate in the Community, interacting with Haystack users through different channels: Github, Discord, social media.
- Translate latest research methods into a great user experience in Haystack so that thousands of devs around the world can leverage them in their work.
YOUR PROFILE
- 5+ years of experience working as a NLP Engineer, with excellent Python skills.
- Previous experience with any layer of the Generative AI tech stack: applications, models, data, evaluation, deployment.
- You are an excellent communicator, willing to interact with the community through meet-ups and different media.
- If you are an Open Source enthusiast and you already contributed to an OSS project this will be considered a big plus.
PERKS
- Remote-first: You can choose to work from home or any other workspace that suits you. We offer a home office budget for equipment and furniture, and we would be happy to sponsor a coworking spot.
- Grow: Personal and professional growth are important to us. We have an annual learning and development budget, and also the opportunity to speak at conferences, internal knowledge sharing, and workshops.
- Connect: We have a virtual office, a monthly social budget to reconnect virtually or in person, online walks and talks with colleagues from other teams, and a flexible travel policy that enables you to meet colleagues in person for special occasions.
- Re:base: We meet in person on a quarterly basis, because we believe it’s important to get to know each other. We have fruitful discussions, we hold workshops, we brainstorm together, and we have leisure activities and fun.
- You are an owner: All employees are enrolled in the employee stock option plan and own a part of the company.
- Personal time off: If you want to recharge and travel the world - there are 27 days of paid vacation and you earn an additional day for each year completed with deepset (up to 30 days).
- Choose your tech: Linux, Windows, or macOS? The choice is yours and we will provide what you need.
- Pension fund and Health Insurance fitting with your main working location: All full-time employees are eligible for the pension plan. We also offer health, dental, and vision for employees in the US, in compliance with the local market.
- Travel Insurance: We want you to be secure during your travels. Therefore, we offer every employee additional travel insurance.
- Sports budget: To boost your health and well-being, we offer a monthly allowance for your sports activity.
- Dog-friendly: Our main co-working partner Mindspace welcomes dogs, so you can also bring your best friend to the office.
- Enhanced days off for Family Sick Leave: We offer additional days in case your child gets sick.
- Additional days off: We don't work on the 24th & the 31st of December.
- Flexible working hours: You can adapt your work to your private life.
WHAT COLLEAGUES SAY
- “Like many others, I learned about deepset through the German Bert model. I`m proud to be part of a truly cutting-edge NLP company and excited to enable others to utilize our technology.” (Miriam, Team Lead Solution Engineering)
- "Joining deepset has been rewarding from day one: I could work right away on challenging, interesting topics at the cutting edge of NLP with a really talented and welcoming team of engineers.” (Sara, NLP Engineer)
ABOUT US
Our vision: We make machines understand language so that humans can achieve more.
Our mission: We empower developers to make NLP part of every application in every enterprise.
