Giotto.ai is a Switzerland-based AI company building intelligence systems for Switzerland and Europe.
Our mission is to build AI capabilities that enable Switzerland and Europe to preserve strategic independence, cultural identity, and core values while achieving world-class performance in advanced reasoning systems.
Our research has demonstrated strong performance on international benchmarks such as ARC-AGI. We are now building the next generation of production AI systems focused on reasoning, efficiency, and scalable deployment.
The Role
We are looking for a senior engineer to help architect and build large-scale AI systems around LLMs, reasoning models, and distributed inference infrastructure.
You will work on core AI architecture problems:
- scalable inference systems
- distributed training pipelines
- reasoning-oriented model architectures
- efficient serving and orchestration
- production systems for advanced AI workloads
Depending on your profile, you may operate as:
- a highly autonomous senior individual contributor
- a technical lead for a core AI initiative
- or an architect helping shape the long-term direction of our AI stack
We value people who combine deep technical judgment with strong execution.
What You’ll Work On
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Architecting production-grade LLM systems
- Designing scalable inference and training infrastructure
- Optimizing performance across GPU and distributed environments
- Building systems around reasoning and agentic workflows
- Improving efficiency, latency, reliability, and throughput
- Working closely with research teams to bring frontier ideas into production
- Contributing to the long-term technical direction of sovereign AI systems in Europe
Core Technologies
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Python
- PyTorch
- Hugging Face ecosystem
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- vLLM
- Distributed systems
- Ray
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Strongly Valued Experience
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Designing or operating large-scale LLM systems
- Distributed inference or training at scale
- CUDA programming or GPU optimization
- Systems-level performance engineering
- Experience with model serving infrastructure
- Technical leadership on complex AI systems
- Research or engineering work on reasoning models
- Experience in high-performance engineering environments
Ideal Profile
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5+ years building ML/NLP systems
- Strong expertise in Python and PyTorch
- Proven experience deploying ML systems into production
- Deep understanding of transformer architectures and modern LLM systems
- Experience with distributed compute environments
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving research + production settings
- Strong ownership mindset and ability to work from first principles
We especially appreciate candidates who have built difficult systems end-to-end and can speak concretely about trade-offs, failures, scaling challenges, and engineering decisions.
Nice to Have
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PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related hard sciences
- Experience at top-tier AI labs or large-scale technology companies
- Background in systems optimization or infrastructure engineering
- Competitive programming or Olympiad background (IMO, IOI, IPhO, etc.)
- Open-source contributions in ML infrastructure or LLM tooling
Location & Work Style
We offer full-time employment in Switzerland.
Hybrid setup:
- Remote work fully supported
- Team gathers one week per month in the Swiss office
Exceptional candidates elsewhere in Europe may also be considered.
Why Giotto.ai
We are building frontier AI systems with a small, highly technical team focused on reasoning, efficiency, and sovereignty.
This is an opportunity to work on foundational AI infrastructure and architecture problems with meaningful technical ownership from day one.
