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# Founding AI Engineer

- **Company:** Harnham Bekijk Alle Vacatures
- **Location:** Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **Salary:** €12,500.0 - €18,333.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Large Language Models
- **Published:** July 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.nl/job/nlb058f42b39ecd29b53da70e8ce3d8d30/eaa

## About the Role

You will combine strong technical expertise with a commercial mindset and a track record of delivering real-world impact.

 * Strong hands-on experience building and deploying AI or machine learning solutions in production
 * Proven ability to identify business opportunities and independently define solutions
 * Experience delivering systems that drive measurable outcomes such as revenue growth or cost reduction
 * Deep understanding of modern AI tooling, including large language models and production workflows
 * Ability to design scalable architectures with consideration of cost, performance, and reliability
 * Commercial awareness with the ability to prioritise work based on business value
 * Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment

## Description

You will operate as a highly autonomous individual contributor, identifying and building high-impact AI solutions that drive measurable commercial value.

 * Identify high-leverage opportunities across pricing, customer journey, operations, and internal tooling
 * Translate business problems into AI-driven solutions with clear commercial outcomes
 * Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI systems that are monitored and scalable
 * Own the full lifecycle from ideation through to measurable business impact
 * Continuously prioritise and deliver initiatives that improve revenue, efficiency, or customer experience
 * Collaborate directly with senior stakeholders and technical teams to drive execution at pace
 * Contribute to a fast-moving engineering environment focused on shipping high-quality solutions quickly


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