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Senior / Staff Solutions Engineer – Edge AI
CompanyRoofline
LocationCologne
Work ModeOn Site
PostedOctober 28, 2026

About The Company
On a mission to enable the edge AI products you dream of.
AI at the edge is rapidly evolving. Novel models, such as LLMs, emerge quickly and make technological predictions challenging. At the same time, hardware solutions are diversifying and increasing in complexity.
Traditional deployment methods cannot keep up with this pace and have become major adoption barriers for edge AI. They come with low adaptability, limited performance, and are painful to use.
Roofline revolutionizes this process with a software solution that offers unmatched flexibility, top performance, and simplicity. Import models from any framework and deploy them across diverse hardware with just a single Python call.
About the Role
Who we are
Roofline is building a Deployment Platform to run any AI model on disruptive hardware at the edge. As a Solutions Engineer, you’ll make that real for our customers: getting their models running on their hardware, driving proof-of-concepts to adoption, and representing Roofline at conferences. What you learn in the field shapes what our engineering team builds next.Why us?
- The opportunity to grow. Be at the forefront of building and shaping an industry-defining venture. There are plenty of opportunities to learn and evolve.
- The team succeeded. We are building the leading AI compiler team in Europe. Join our future-focused team to contribute to meaningful, disruptive innovations with us.
- The flexibility you need. Whether you need to take extra time off, adjust your schedule, or have other ideas to maximize your productivity, we’ve got your back
- The compensation that rewards. We are looking for world class talent and pay accordingly. We offer equity for every employee since we truly want you to participate in our success.
- The culture you desire. We actively make space to build our culture. We organize dedicated regular events and retreats for the whole team.
Your mission
- As the senior technical face of Roofline, you represent us to customers and ecosystem partners, at conferences, in technical talks and workshops. You’ll be the person our sales team brings in when the conversation gets technical.
- Act as technical lead on customer engagements: define the technical approach, plan and coordinate the day-to-day work of the engineers assigned to your project, and own delivery from proof-of-concept to adoption.
- Design and build applications with Roofline’s tools on real customer use cases. Support where it counts: pair with customer engineers, fix integration issues, and get their models running on their target hardware.
- Own the technical strategy of the sales cycle and handle our strategic engagement with customers. Help to build and drive proof-of-concepts, and deliver benchmarks and evaluations (latency, throughput, power, memory footprint) that turn interest into adoption.
- Shape our developer-facing tools to deliver the best possible user experience. Translate customer needs into a technical direction and develop concrete product proposals, working with our engineers to get them built.
- Raise the level of the team around you. Mentor engineers and make our technical go-to-market strategy scalable.
Your profile
- 8+ years in hands-on experience in AI and embedded systems, including experience working with customers and partners.
- Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
- Strong C/C++, Python skills
- Familiarity with ML frameworks and compiler stacks (PyTorch, ONNX, MLIR, TVM/IREE or similar)
- A track record of taking AI use cases from a vague customer conversation to a working prototype on target hardware. Using model optimization and quantization, deployment through real toolchains and runtimes, and debugging the cases where accuracy or latency doesn't match the datasheet.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, and at ease in front of technical customers, at the whiteboard or on a conference stage.
- Demonstrated technical influence beyond your own deliverables. Have product changes you argued for and got shipped, engineers you've mentored, or practices a team adopted because you established them.
- Ambition and curiosity to solve complex problems, a strong mindset to take ownership and drive our solutions forwards, and a collaborative attitude to foster our culture.
Nice to haves:
- Several years of industry experience building AI models, e.g. in automotive, robotics, vision, or language.
- Experience working with embedded targets or compiler infrastructure, e.g., LLVM.
- Business development and sales experience.
About us
At RooflineAI, we enable the edge-AI products you dream of. Our mission is simple: To bring the power of chips into the hands of innovators, and to make it radically easier to use cutting-edge AI models on the best hardware.Ready to be part of our journey? Apply now including your CV, a brief cover letter and supporting documents (e.g. degree certificate, references)!
Key Skills
C/C++PythonEdge AIEmbedded SystemsAI Model DeploymentPyTorchONNXMLIRTVMIREEModel OptimizationQuantizationCompiler StacksCustomer EngagementTechnical PresentationsMentoring
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Benefits
EquityFlexible Time OffFlexible ScheduleTeam EventsCompany Retreats
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
Lead technical customer engagements from proof of concept through adoption, including deploying AI models on target hardware, resolving integration issues, and delivering performance benchmarks. Represent Roofline to customers and partners, shape product direction based on field needs, and mentor engineers while scaling the technical go-to-market approach.
📋Job Type
permanent employee
📊Experience Level
5-10
💼Company Size
38
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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