# Staff Backend Engineer – AI at Stream

- Company: Stream
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Location: Amsterdam office · Remote · Remote (EU) · Toronto remote
- Level: Staff
- Discipline: Backend
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-08-24
- Skills: Engineering
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/stream/d816fdaf-f25b-4d08-99da-d85d8adc51e4

## Description

ABOUT STREAM

Stream (GetStream.io http://GetStream.io)'s SDKs and APIs enable devs to build activity feeds, chat, and voice/video, powering over a billion end users worldwide. Trusted by top brands like Strava, Nextdoor, Patreon, and eBay, we're on a mission to make real-time communication and social experiences seamless for developers and their users.

We're also the makers of Vision Agents https://visionagents.ai/, the open-source Python framework for building low-latency voice and video AI agents: over 8k stars on GitHub, 35+ model integrations, and sub-500ms latency on our global edge network.




ROLE OVERVIEW

We're seeking a Staff AI Engineer to own model development on our AI team. You'll build, fine-tune, evaluate, and ship the models that run inside Stream's products, end-to-end, from dataset design through to production. As the technical owner, you will drive key decisions independently, shipping models that directly impact systems serving over a billion users.

Location: Office in Amsterdam or Remote (Europe). Occasional travel for in-person collaboration and meetups is encouraged.

Hybrid policy: applicants based in the Netherlands or relocating here, are expected to work in the office in Amsterdam 3 times per week. Exemptions apply to specific cases.




WHAT WILL YOU WORK ON

 - Own the development, fine-tuning, and evaluation of in-house AI models from dataset design through to production deployment.

 - Run supervised fine-tuning and post-training experiments, establishing the benchmarks and evaluation harnesses that tell us whether a model is actually goo

More Stream roles: https://deviantjobs.com/companies/stream