About us
KIWI is not just a company, it's a revolution. Since 2019, we have been passionately committed to creating innovative solutions that improve people's lives, helping as many smokers as possible quit smoking. With our headquarters in Croatia and a rapidly expanding international presence, our goal is to become the reference brand in Europe and a global benchmark in the e-cigarette industry.
Our products combine cutting-edge design, innovative technology and a strong commitment to sustainability, proving that changing the world is possible, one step at a time.
KIWI is looking for a Mid-Senior AI Engineer to join its international team.

The role
We're looking for a Mid-Senior AI Engineer to help us build and maintain our internal AI stack — a greenfield, privacy-first platform you'll help shape from the ground up. Hands-on role with direct exposure to the tech lead: solid operational autonomy on day-to-day work, with architectural and stack decisions discussed, mentored, and approved before go-live. You'll work closely with whoever drives the technical roadmap,



with a clear path to grow into wider ownership over time — you won't be working in isolation.

What you'll build (core)
Italian-language audio/voice AI pipelines on on-prem infrastructure (privacy by design)
Autonomous LLM agent orchestration with cost, turn, and human-in-the-loop guardrails
Custom MCP servers and tooling: resumable LLM session orchestration, integration with internal tools
Italian NLP: sentiment and topic models, multilingual embeddings, domain-specific document classification

You'll also touch
AI integration with the company's ERP and e-commerce platforms
OCR on domain-specific documents
Operational PHP work on existing e-commerce codebases (debug, maintenance, small changes)

Core technologies
Python 3.11+, async ecosystem, testing, structured logging
Applied LLMs: Anthropic Claude (SDK and headless mode), Ollama, local runtimes on Apple Silicon, Whisper
Agent tooling: building cust

📌 Mid -Senior AI Engineer (Italia)
🏢 KIWI VAPOR
📍 Italia