Software Engineer (AI) - #44466

Lab86 is a privately funded AI startup based in Zug, Switzerland.

We are hiring AI-first engineers for our core team in Zug. No legacy code. No daily meetings. No reports to non-technical managers.

Core team: what you'll work on and how

• You will work on the core of our AI technology and AI-enabled applications, with real-time code in a safe subset of Rust, and non-real-time & tools in Python.
• You will rely heavily on AI tools & agentic workflows to exceed what is possible.
• You will use closed- and open-source LLMs from multiple vendors both for development and inside our products.
• Everyone fullstack. Even your manager.
• You will not work on any task for more than a week. If it can't be done in a week - it will be abandoned or not even started. It will not get boring.
• You will work with little/no supervision. There is no one to cover for you. No hand holding.
• Core engineering positions are on-site.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in AI-powered development, especially with CLI tools & agents. Using tab-autocomplete in Cursor or VS Code is <1% of what is needed.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML concepts and underlying technology (especially LLMs and their internal operation, context management, RAG).
• Proficiency in Python, Git, and any strongly-typed non-garbage-collected language, Linux as the main development/deployment platform.
• Fluent English - this is the language of all internal communication and documentation.
• You can always justify your engineering choices, but accept that sometimes there are multiple correct ways to complete a task.
• You understand all code you commit and take responsibility for it. This sounds like a joke, but it is no longer a joke.

Please note that there is a test task at the end of the application form.