AI Engineer (AI & Automation Team)

We are seeking an AI Engineer to join our AI & Automation team. In this role, you'll design and build AI-based tools and systems for the retail business. You will take problems from the first stakeholder conversation through rapid prototyping cycles to a working solution that real users depend on, choosing the technique that fits each problem - LLMs and RAG, agents, computer vision, or classic machine learning.
This role involves owning solutions from idea to production: designing a solution with business analysts and stakeholders, building a POC quickly to prove value, then hardening it into a production-grade service. This is a hands-on engineering role - most of your week is spent building. You should be comfortable collaborating with both business and technical stakeholders, explaining technical choices to non-technical users, and contributing to the organization's broader digital transformation.
Responsibilities:
Build and Innovate AI solutions for real business problems, from first prototype to production
Collaborate with business analysts to turn stakeholder needs into a working demo, then iterate on it with real users
Apply a range of AI techniques - LLMs and RAG, agents, computer vision, classic machine learning and choose the one that fits the problem
Deploy and maintain solutions on Azure, and improve existing ones as processes evolve
Contribute to the team's continuous learning.
We offer:
Professional development, training, and career opportunities within the Kesko Senukai Group
Additional health insurance after 6 months of employment
Bonuses ranging from €600 to €1,700 for referring friends who are successfully hired
SMART NET Gold loyalty program membership, with access to exclusive offers and discounts
A partner discount platform with even more exclusive offers
Additional benefits for important life events, such as the birth of a child, marriage, or bereavement
An additional day off for your birthday
Comprehensive onboarding, as well as a supportive and proactive team
Team-building activities and company events.
Requirements:
2+ years of hands-on software development experience •
Experience with AI-assisted development (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor)
An ownership mindset - you hold the solutions you build to a high standard of quality, testing what you ship and fixing what breaks
Solid programming skills in at least one modern language (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python or similar)
Practical understanding of how LLMs behave in production - prompting, structured outputs, RAG and vector search, evaluation, failure modes
Experience with REST APIs, Git and Docker
Excellent communication in Lithuanian and English
Confidence working directly with business stakeholders and translating their needs into technical solutions.
Nice to have:
Practical experience building Generative-AI-based solutions or Machine Learning technologies
Experience building agentic setups - Agentic tools, plugins, MCP servers
Experience with Azure or another cloud platform, and with CI/CD pipelines
Experience with LLM frameworks and tooling such as LangChain, LlamaIndex or Azure AI services
Experience with computer vision or classic ML models
Salary:
€3,500–€4,500 gross (before taxes). The final salary will be agreed individually, based on the candidate’s experience.

Work arrangement
No