Founding AI Software Engineer
Founding AI Engineer Mid to Senior Level | Copenhagen | Start ASAP or by agreement
About athme athme is building the sports and community layer for cities. Our platform helps people discover activities, join games, meet others, and build real-world communities through sport. We are looking for a Founding AI Engineer to help us integrate AI into the athme product and operations in ways that create real value for users, organizers, and our team.
The Role This is a product-focused AI engineering role. You will not be researching or training foundation models from scratch. You will use existing AI models and technologies to build and ship practical features inside athme. This could include smarter recommendations, improved search and matching, AI-assisted event creation, personalized onboarding, automated support, community insights, and internal tools. You will work closely with our CTO and founders to identify the strongest opportunities, prototype quickly, and bring successful ideas into production.
What You Will Do Build and integrate AI-powered features into the athme product
Connect AI models and services with our existing mobile app, backend, APIs, and data
Own features from idea and prototype through deployment and improvement
Improve recommendations, discovery, matching, personalization, and automation
Build reliable systems with proper testing, monitoring, and fallback logic
Evaluate different models based on quality, speed, cost, and privacy
Help shape athme’s AI roadmap and technical direction
Contribute to the wider product and engineering team where needed
What We Are Looking For Mid to senior-level engineering experience with a strong record of shipping real products
Practical experience building applications with AI models, APIs, embeddings, agents, recommendation systems, or similar technologies
Strong backend and system architecture fundamentals
Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Python, APIs, and databases
Experience with React Native and MongoDB is a strong advantage
Strong product judgment and the ability to focus on useful features, not AI for the sake of AI
A proactive builder who moves quickly, takes ownership, and works well in an early-stage environment
Previous experience with consumer apps, marketplaces, social products, or startups is a strong advantage.
What We Offer Meaningful equity reflecting the importance of the role for the right candidates
Direct influence over athme’s AI product and technical direction
Close collaboration with the CTO and founding team
High ownership, autonomy, and fast decision-making
The opportunity to grow into a senior leadership role
Remote flexibility with regular in-person collaboration in Copenhagen
Free access to athme events and the chance to build technology that gets people into the real world
Who Will Do Well Here This role is for someone who is excited by AI but focused on building products people actually use. You are ambitious, technically strong, comfortable with uncertainty, and motivated by taking ideas from concept to production.