Senior Software / AI Engineer (m/f/d)

What we do

At Ficus Health we’re building for the hospital of the future. Using the latest innovations in artificial intelligence, we craft tools that empower doctors to focus on what matters most and spend more time with their patients.
Being part of the Merantix AI campus in Berlin, we have an exciting journey ahead of us, and we’re looking for more team members to join us!

Your role

As a Senior Software / AI Engineer, you’ll join a small team of seasoned experts, building our systems as we scale up. You’ll be able to shape the team and its culture, and take on responsibility from day one.
Your key responsibilities:

• Discover and deliver our product as part of the Product & Engineering team
• Design, develop, deploy and operate our applications
• Architect, integrate & refine AI workflows, using cutting-edge speech-to-text and large language models
• Be involved in architectural and infrastructure decision-making

Your profile

Required

• Strong communication skills
• Proven track record of building successful web applications, with a focus on backend, services & infrastructure
• Solid understanding of at least one Python-based backend framework (Django, FastAPI, Flask)
• Solid DevOps and infrastructure knowledge (Terraform, Docker, AWS)
• Experience with integrating third-party APIs and interfaces
• Experience with deploying, integrating and fine-tuning AI models (managed services & self-hosting)
• Experience with working in a highly dynamic early-stage startup
• Pragmatic, hands-on mentality
• Willingness to learn and experiment

Nice to have

• In-depth experience with speech-to-text models
• MLOps experience
• Experience with React/Next.js

What we offer

• Build a cutting-edge product
• Your work has real impact on the quality of healthcare
• Fast-paced, dynamic environment with lots of growth opportunities
• Invaluable network of AI experts on the Merantix AI Campus Berlin
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation package, including 26 days of paid vacation
• Corporate benefits such as a membership for Urban Sports Club or the flexibility to work from anywhere in the EU for up to 3 weeks/year

About us

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. We consider all applications equally regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply, and we can help with immigration.