Job Description

At bunq, we're not just building a banking app; we're reshaping how people around the world experience financial freedom. As a Senior AI Engineer, you will be the driving force in powering our AI-first transformation. You’ll be instrumental in building the intelligent systems that break our biggest bottlenecks and fundamentally change how we operate, ensuring that as we scale, we move smarter and faster than ever before.

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Take Ownership

As a Senior AI Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in executing our AI-first strategy and revolutionizing how every team at bunq operates. You will:

• Design and deploy production-grade AI agents and systems that automate complex workflows and unlock new capabilities for all departments, such as operations or marketing.

• Leverage our extensive datasets to train, fine-tune, and implement sophisticated LLMs and machine learning models that solve critical business challenges and drive innovation.

• Act as a key AI expert and partner to teams across bunq, identifying high-impact opportunities and translating diverse business needs into robust, scalable AI solutions.

Requirements

• You build production-grade LLM applications (agentic systems, RAG, tool-use).

• You are experienced with LLM fine-tuning and cost optimization strategies.

• You have deep knowledge of classical ML and behavioural modelling.

• You have a strong grasp of ML infrastructure and MLOps (AWS).

• You excel at translating business problems into scalable AI solutions.

• You are fluent in English – able to communicate effectively in a global team, ensuring collaboration and clarity across all project stages.

All new hires are subject to Pre-employment Screening (PES), which includes checks conducted by our third-party partner, DISA. This is part of our commitment to a secure and trustworthy workplace

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Your space to perform

We give you the space and the tools you need to succeed 💪🏼

🤟 Great, international colleagues who share your mindset

👩‍💻 Hybrid setup: after 3 months in-office, work 2 days remote, 3 days in-office weekly.

🧳 Digital Nomad Program: After your first year, enjoy up to 20 days per year to work while traveling, combining flexibility with strong team collaboration

🚀 We reward tenure with a dedicated travel budget: €1.5k after 2 years and €3k after 4 years to visit another core office.

📚 We support growth with bunq Academy and €1500 annual learning budget

🚴 Massive discount with Urban Sports Club 💪

🚌 Travel expenses are covered whether you come walking or by bike, bus or car (though we prefer green choices 🌳)

💻 A MacBook so you can Get Shit Done with us

🥦 Delicious lunches from our fabulous in-house chefs with vegan and vegetarian options

💰 An optional pension plan with monthly contribution from bunq

💸 Monthly contribution to your phone and internet bills

🍻 Friday drinks and other celebrations - bunq style