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# Senior AI Engineer

- **Company:** milia
- **Location:** Köln, Germany (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €80,000.0 - €100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Database Design, PostgreSQL, Next.js, TypeScript, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Microservices
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5857934214

## About the Role

* Must-have:
 * 3+ years Typescript
 * Proven production-level experience with LLM integration
 * In-depth understanding of retrieval-augmented generation & context engineering
 * Experience with AI and agentic frameworks (AI SDK or similar)
 * Strong backend skills: database design, micro-service architectures, infrastructure
 * Comfort building in early-stage product environments
 * Nice to have:
 * Familiarity with tax or accounting context (chart of accounts, P&L structure)
 * Experience with document parsing (PDFs, OCR, table extraction)
 * Experience in model training

## Description

* Agentic Workflow Engine: autonomous, multi-step workflows for tax processes (documents, deadlines, client communication)
 * Document Intelligence: extraction, classification, and analysis of tax-relevant documents (P&L statements, receipts, tax platform exports)
 * RAG, context & prompt engineering
 * Tax platform API integration with semantic processing of financial data
 * Real-time financial analysis features (P&L analysis, liquidity planning, KPI dashboards)

Technologies:

 * AI
 * API
 * Backend
 * LLM
 * TypeScript
 * NextJS
 * PostgreSQL

More:

Small team, direct communication, no long approval chains. You'll work closely with product and the founding team - your decisions have immediate product impact.
Remote-first, with occasional in-person sessions.


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