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Researcher / Prototyper GenAI Research Lab

We are looking for a Researcher / Prototyper GenAI Research Lab

We're looking for a hands-on Researcher and prototyper to join our sprint-based research team. This is not a production engineering role - this is for someone who thrives on experimentation, exploration, and speed. You'll help us spot opportunity areas, validate feasibility, build rapid prototypes, and contribute to internal research that informs product and strategy.

You should be deeply curious, technically sharp, fast-moving, and allergic to overengineering. If you've worked in a startup, shipped experiments, and love figuring out what works (and what doesn't) through scrappy testing - we want to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Research upcoming and future GenAI technologies (agents, LLMs, AI UX, RAG, etc.) and synthesize findings into internal reports and playbooks
• Build quick-and-dirty prototypes to test feasibility, validate hypotheses, and uncover edge cases
• Explore and evaluate new tools, APIs, frameworks, and design patterns
• Collaborate across disciplines to bring product, research, and technical insights together
• Translate R&D into reusable knowledge (e.g., demos, documentation, internal presentations)
• Contribute to external visibility (e.g., whitepapers, talks, blog posts, hackathons)
• Help us prioritize what to pursue, what to kill, and what to ship

What we're looking for

Must-haves

• Proven experience prototyping with Python and additionally TypeScript (or Javascript) and React/Vue
• Experience and deep understanding of (Gen)AI, RAG, LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, etc.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI tools (OpenAI API, LangChain, vector DBs, agents, etc.)
• Desire to build something that is truly useful and impactful, understanding of customer and business needs.
• Ability to move fast and validate ideas under uncertainty
• Strong synthesis and communication skills
• Deep curiosity about AI, tools, interaction patterns, and what's coming next

Big pluses

• Experience at a startup or building something from scratch
• Track record of working across product, design, and engineering
• Background in ML, HCI, or related fields
• Familiarity with AI UX, chat interfaces, voice, or multimodal experiences
• Entrepreneurial mindset - you think in bets, not guarantees

How we work

We operate in sprints. We prioritize learning over polish. We expect you to ship rough but functional ideas fast. We believe in early failure and fast iteration. We believe in proving our results. Our process looks more like an early-stage startup than a traditional R&D department.

Perks & benefits

• Working in a fast-growing company
• Work with a small, ambitious team shaping the future of AI
• Flexible hours and remote-first culture
• Access to the latest tools, models, and experiments
• High-impact projects and visibility within Artific and beyond

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Company description

Artific is the AI platform that helps your organization accelerate, improve, and simplify processes. It provides a secure and controllable environment for the smart and targeted use of AI. Developed by Dutch AI professionals, hosted on Dutch soil, and with privacy and security as its starting point.

Interested?

Do you want to build the future by hacking at the edge of AI?

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