Head of Artificial Intelligence

This role is part of our Central AI Team at saas.group.

What is saas.group?

Think of us as the driving catalyst behind your favorite software success stories. saas.group, established in 2017, is on a mission to turbocharge promising B2B SaaS ventures, unlocking their full potential. As a Software-as-a-Service portfolio powerhouse, we specialize in acquiring small software treasures and polishing them into industry stars. With a dynamic, fully remote team of nearly 350+ colleagues spanning 44 countries we are truly global and we are rewriting the playbook on SaaS innovation and collaboration. We grow 21 exciting brands under our umbrella. Feel free to explore our Candidate's Hub to get an insider's view, dive into our culture, gain valuable insights into our teams and how we work.

Profile Overview

We're looking for a hands-on technical leader who combines strong engineering capabilities with AI/ML expertise. As our Head of AI, you'll work with a talented team of engineers, helping our brands with all things AI - from ideation, through MVP to production-ready solutions. Our AI projects span across brand-specific products, internal productivity tools (such as our own private ChatGPT tool), or company-level solutions for our M&A Team or others.

You'll be be heading a small and effective team of young AI-engineers, servicing our brands with productization of AI features. This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, offering the opportunity to shape both our AI implementations and our team's growth. You'll work alongside talented engineers who share your passion for innovation and technical excellence.

This role involves an operational mindset, with strong engineering expertise. You are comfortable with communicating solutions and delivering the technologies, as a team, or as an individual contributor to our brands.

Your responsibilities

• Actively develop and architect AI solutions for our brand portfolio - come up with creative solutions that can be leveraged on one or multiple of our companies.
• Write, review, and ship production-ready code - ensure that the Central AI team delivers on its promise to provide robust solutions
• Lead and mentor a team of talented AI-engineers
• Champion AI adoption in engineering and other areas. Educate teams on cutting-edge tools - you are willing to leverage and share your knowledge at an organization level
• Build and maintain our AI infrastructure and platforms with the help of our Central Cloud Operations team
• Drive technical decision-making and set engineering standards

What You bring to the table

• Advanced degree from a top-tier university in (applied) Computer Science/AI
• Strong software engineering background with proven track record
• Experience building and shipping production AI systems
• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with practical solutions
• Leadership abilities and team mentoring experience, with great communication skills - you will be the advocate of AI excellence at saas.group
• Passion for staying current with AI developments and sharing knowledge
• Strong Team ownership (including budget and cost ownership)

Technical Requirements:

• Strong Python development skills - Python is what you feel most comfortable with
• Strong foundation in software architecture and system design - solution design is part of what you enjoy doing
• Production experience with AI/ML stack (at least some): LangChain/Haystack, the OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure OpenAI Service/AWS BedRock API, autogen, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, or other relevant libraries and frameworks;
• Experience with observability tools and leading cloud platforms
• You enjoy using Poetry, Conda, or UV for dependency management
• Database expertise (traditional and vector storage): PostgreSQL, pgvector, Chroma, Pinecone, Mongo (Atlas Vector Search), SQLAlchemy, Alembic
• Experience with AI dev tools such as: Cursor, Bolt, Copilot, or others you find improve your dev experience

What’s in it for You

• Ultimate flexibility: We’re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like.
• Freedom and autonomy: We’re a high-trust team, and you’ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way — with plenty of help from the team when you need it.
• Minimum bureaucracy: We don’t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady & sustainable.
• Small & friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around.
• Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning  and expertise with each other internally. 
• Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed.

We don’t just simply offer you to “take a job with us” but rather to “join us on this journey” to build the world's largest platform of independent SaaS companies. 

Sounds like something you’re up for? Feel free to apply even if you don’t check all these boxes. We believe in the power of diversity and fresh perspectives to spice up our team. Your application might just be the missing ingredient!

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saas.group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you're passionate about working with a team that values innovation, excellence, and fairness, we encourage you to apply.