Senior / Lead AI Engineer (+ Data Engineering)

Job description

About Huenx AS

Huenx AS is an AI-first consultancy and product company based in Norway. We deliver software and AI consulting services to clients across Norway and Europe, and we build our own AI-driven products. Our model brings together Norwegian business insight and senior Vietnamese engineering talent — small, highly skilled teams that work effectively with AI to deliver faster than larger organizations.

Our work spans production LLM systems — intelligent assistants, copilots, and agent-based workflows — and the data platforms that power them, across clients in multiple industries.

The role

This is a hands-on senior / lead role at the intersection of AI and data engineering. You design and ship production-grade AI systems and build the data engineering underneath them — pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data models. You use AI tools as a core part of how you work, and you work directly with our team and our international clients. As a technical lead, you set architecture and quality standards and guide other engineers.

We’re ideally looking for depth in both AI and data engineering — but exceptional AI engineers with lighter data experience are still very welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement production-grade LLM systems — retrieval, embeddings, semantic search, and agent or workflow-based pipelines.
• Combine LLM reasoning with deterministic logic for accuracy and auditability.
• Build and own the data engineering layer — scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and platforms serving both analytics and AI/ML consumption.
• Lead technically across AI and data workstreams — owning architecture, setting quality standards, and guiding other engineers.
• Deliver AI consulting projects and contribute to our internal AI products.
• Use AI tools as your default workflow to move fast without sacrificing quality.
• Work directly with international clients and teams.

Your skills and experience

• English: fluent, professional English (written and spoken) is a primary requirement for this role. You must communicate clearly and comfortably with international clients. We do not hire for this role without fluent English.
• 7+ years of professional software / AI engineering experience, including technical lead experience.
• AI engineering (primary): 5+ years building production AI systems — deep, hands-on expertise with LLMs, embeddings, semantic search, and agents or AI workflows, with strong Python. This is the core of the role.
• Data engineering (a strong plus): hands-on experience with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data models — working with data end-to-end, not only deployment; or a strong willingness to grow into it. Experience with Azure and Microsoft Fabric is an advantage.
• Technical leadership: proven experience leading engineers, owning architecture, and setting quality standards.
• AI-first: proficient with AI tools for coding and daily work, and able to use them to deliver real, production-grade work. This is a core requirement, not a bonus.
• Deployment / MLOps experience is a plus.
• Able to work Norwegian business hours: 12:00–21:00 Vietnam time (ICT), Monday to Friday.

Why you'll love working here

• AI-first working environment — you’ll work with modern AI tooling every day, on both client projects and our own products.
• Remote and flexible, working Norwegian business hours (12:00–21:00 Vietnam time) — your mornings are free.
• Salary range: USD 2,500–4,000 (full-time equivalent), depending on experience and engagement type.
• For full-time roles: 13th-month salary, social insurance, company trips, learning and training, and other benefits according to company policies.
• Work on real, complex AI and data problems, with strong technical ownership.
• Opportunity to travel to Norway for onsite collaboration, or potentially relocate, depending on performance and project needs.