Principal AI Engineer

Education changes lives.

But tech hasn’t lived up to its promise—yet. At Kognity, we’re here to change that.

We blend smart pedagogy with cutting-edge tech to create powerful, engaging learning experiences. Every student, everywhere, deserves the tools to succeed—no matter their background. We're on a mission to make that happen.

Why Kognity is the place to be:

• ✨ Educational Innovation – Build cutting-edge solutions that actually make learning better.

• 🌍 Global Reach – Our platform supports educators and learners in over 120 countries.

• 🤝 Collaborative Culture – You’ll work with brilliant, kind people who care about what they do.

• 📈 Real Growth – From personal development to career progression, we’ve got your back.

What you’ll do:

• 📊 Shape our AI strategy – Work across Product and Tech to define where and how we use AI. Help teams run solid experiments, measure impact, and focus on what matters.

• 🛠️ Build the AI foundations – Design and lead the development of shared infrastructure (like prompt orchestration, eval tooling, and model abstraction) that powers AI features across the product.

• 💰 Own cost and vendor management – Keep AI usage smart and efficient. You'll handle contracts, budgets, and help teams understand the tradeoffs of different tools and models.

• 🔐 Make AI safe and compliant – Work with Legal and Security to ensure safe, auditable, policy-compliant AI usage—with automation where possible.

• 🧑‍🏫 Level up the whole org – Lead our AI Champs network and drive internal knowledge-sharing, so everyone from engineers to PMs can build confidently with AI.

What we’re looking for:

• 💻 Deep technical experience building with modern LLM stacks (OpenAI, Claude, LangChain, etc.)

• 🧑‍💻 Strong coding skills (e.g. Python, TypeScript).

• 🌐 Experience designing scalable infrastructure, prompt orchestration, and evaluation tooling in production.

• 🚀 Someone who thrives in cross-functional settings, loves enabling others and can lead without needing formal reports.

Our Interview Process

Our hiring process is all about you. Show us your skills, tackle real-world challenges, and get a real feel for life at Kognity. Expect case studies, honest conversations, and plenty of chances to shine.

• 📞 Discovery Call with a Recruiter – A friendly chat to explore if the role and company are a good mutual fit.

• 🤝 Hiring Manager Hangout – Deep dive into the role and share your experience.

• 💡 AI Architectural session – Solve a real-world problem with practical impact.

• 🌟 Values Interview – Share your approach and ways of thinking in relation to our values.

• 🚀 Leadership Discussion – Connect with one of our leaders to talk about big ideas and how you could grow with us.

Our Values

• 🚀 We maximise progress – We're not just dreamers; we're doers. We dive deep, reflect, and craft strategies that propel us toward our vision.

• 👊 We take ownership – We take initiative and solve problems we see.

• 🤝 We drive customer value – Success for our customers means success for us.

• 🗣️ We are transparent – No secrets, no mysteries. We're the open book of opinions and feedback. Radical transparency is our thing.

• 💙 We take care of ourselves and each other – We work hard and passionately, but never at the cost of well-being. We think long-term.

Benefits

• 🏡 Flexible working – Fit work around your life

• 🏢 Truly hybrid – Work from our Stockholm office when you like

• 📈 ITP Pension Plan – With Nordnet

• 💪 Wellness budget – 5,000 SEK/year to spend on health-related services

• 🌴 30 vacation days – Paid, every year

• 🤒 Sick leave – Full pay from day one

• 💻 Top-notch equipment – MacBook & iPhone as standard

Every qualified person will be evaluated regardless of age, gender, identity, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status or religion. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

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