Product AI Engineering Lead (based in Lithuania)

Join Hostinger, and we’ll grow fast! 🚀 We’re shaping the future of online success — powered by AI and driven by people. With 900+ talented professionals and over 4 million clients in 150 countries, we help creators and entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life faster and easier than ever before. Our mission: To provide tools that help individuals and small businesses succeed online faster and easier. Our culture: Guided by 10 company principles Our formula for success: Customer obsession, innovative products, and talented teams. Your role at Hostinger As the Product AI Engineering Lead at Hostinger, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the intelligence behind our next-generation products — and in growing the people who build them. You'll lead and mentor a talented team of AI engineers through regular 1:1s, coaching, and growth planning, ensuring both technical excellence and professional development. In this role, you'll guide the team in building agentic systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, and other advanced AI capabilities that transform how millions of users experience the web. You'll balance hands-on technical leadership with strategic direction, collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to bring ideas from concept to impactful, production-ready features. Curious to learn more? Connect with your team: Tomas Rasymas, Head of AI Your day-to-day

Lead and mentor a squad of AI engineers through regular 1:1s, coaching, and performance feedback.

Identify growth opportunities for team members and support their technical and professional development.

Oversee the delivery of AI-powered product features — from prototypes to scalable, reliable production systems.

Actively contribute to the design and implementation of AI based systems.

Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to ensure AI solutions are impactful, measurable, and aligned with business goals.

Establish and maintain best practices in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evaluation, and AI system reliability.

Stay ahead of the curve in emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and research — ensuring the team applies the latest advancements effectively.

Build a culture of experimentation and evidence-driven decision-making, balancing speed with long-term technical integrity.

Define and continuously improve AI engineering processes.

Participate in hiring, onboarding, and building a strong AI engineering culture.

Your skills and experience

Proven experience leading AI or ML engineers, including performance management and technical mentorship.

Strong, hands-on expertise in Python and modern LLM/AI frameworks (OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, LangChain, etc.).

Experience designing and building agentic AI systems (autonomous or tool-using agents) and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines.

Solid understanding of AI system design, including model evaluation, fine-tuning, and inference optimization.

Experience building and deploying production-grade APIs (FastAPI, Flask) and containerized systems (Docker, Kubernetes).

Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.

Familiarity with DevOps practices (CI/CD, monitoring, version control) and how they support AI product delivery.

Ability to balance hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities and team enablement.

A curious, research-driven mindset — motivated to push the boundaries of applied AI within real products.

Benefits that fuel your growth

🚀 360 Growth: We provide limitless learning opportunities: access to platforms like Reforge and Coach Hub, global conferences, physical and digital libraries, feedback culture, and mentoring through TesoXchange. Advance your career with internal mobility and grow with a team eager to share knowledge and support your success.

🎯 Freedom & responsibility: Work on your terms: from modern offices in Kaunas and Vilnius, the comfort of home, or anywhere in the world. Enjoy flexibility in managing your schedule and bring your ideas to life in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

💪Wellness simplified: Your health comes first with insurance from Day 1, gym memberships, recharge leave, Headspace subscriptions, and regular health checks. Join our wellbeing-dedicated events, sports, arts, and hobby clubs, or simply enjoy the balance of a lifestyle that prioritizes wellness.

🎉 Work hard – party hard: Celebrate your achievements with company events like Summerfest & Winterfest, Town Hall, Meet the Client initiatives, team-buildings, and workations. Enjoy access to the Žalgiris Arena VIP Lounge and celebrate life’s big moments with milestone gifts for weddings, new parenthood, and graduations.

Compensation

Gross salary 5,000 to 9,000 EUR/month. Salary is offered based on work experience, competence, and compliance with other job requirements.