Role Purpose The AI Developer / Software Engineer helps evolve Omilia's Drive-Thru Voice AI solution for Quick Serve Restaurants. The role works across the whole product — engineering and AI/LLM development, conversation analysis, and customer work — on a live system used at scale in thousands of restaurants. The balance across these areas shifts with project needs.
Accountabilities
Engineering — Build features, fix bugs, test and deploy releases, and integrate with client systems
AI/LLM — Prototype AI features, fine-tune LLMs for voice ordering, and turn them into production solutions
Conversation analysis — Review real dialogs, assess performance, and identify improvement opportunities
Customer work — Gather business requirements and build the application logic to meet them
Key Responsibilities
Build product features and fix bugs for the Drive-Thru Voice AI solution, including testing and deploying releases
Integrate with client systems as required for assigned work
Prototype AI features and fine-tune LLMs for voice ordering, turning promising prototypes into production solutions
Review real drive-thru dialogs, assess performance, and identify opportunities to improve accuracy and user experience
Work with customers and internal stakeholders to gather business requirements and implement the application logic that meets them
Shift effort across engineering, AI/LLM, conversation analysis, and customer work as project needs change
Communicate clearly in English in both technical and customer-facing contexts,
and deliver within demanding deadlines
Requirements
Required
Academic degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing, a related field, or equivalent experience
At least 1 year of experience as a Software Developer or AI Engineer
Excellent command of spoken and written English
Excellent communication skills; customer-facing
Ambition, enthusiasm and eagerness to learn, with aptitude for analytical and creative thinking and sharp attention to detail
Accountable within demanding deadlines
Nice to have
Experience with conversational automated dialog systems, either voice- or chat-based.
Experience in any other production-level NLU/NLP solutions will also be considered a plus
Experience fine-tuning or training NLP/LLM models
Knowledge of embeddings, vector databases and RAG
Knowledge of Java 17 is a strong asset
Experience consuming external systems such as web services (REST and SOAP)
Experience in SQL databases
Experience with GitLab and CI/CD processes
Experience in Spring Framework
Knowledge of Spanish
Benefits
24 days of annual leave (accrues at 2 days/month). Paid sick leave
MacBook Pro + any necessary hardware shipped to the employee's location
Annual 360-degree performance appraisal — drives promotions and raises
Onboarding buddy system An extensive course library for learning and certifications
Paid Claude Enterprise subscription and access to other cutting edge professional tools
📌 AI Developer / Software Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Omilia
📍 Madrid