AI Engineer

Location: Zürich | Start: Fall 2026

About Synature

Synature is a startup building state-of-the-art systems for animal sound monitoring. Our product consists of fully autonomous smart microphones (currently finishing version 4.0) that stream audio from the field, various AI models that decode animal vocalisations and a web application that visualizes the results. The goal is to make nature more measurable. We have active projects on four different continents.

Your Role

You'll build machine learning systems to reveal what the animal world is telling us. As an AI Engineer at Synature, you'll own models from idea to production - adapting and developing architectures to accurately decode animal vocalisations. The problems usually have no closed form solution and creative approaches are welcome. The work spans both ends of the spectrum: from research and architecture design to deploying and maintaining models in production. 

Your Profile

We are looking for candidates that have 3+ years industry experience and have worked on building high-functioning and robust systems. You should be able to adapt quickly to new environments and technologies. Some specific things we are looking for:

• BSc or MSc Computer Science, Mathematics or related discipline
• Strong foundations in ML, statistics, and stochastics, with the ability to read AI research papers, implement algorithms, and integrate them into production systems
• Hands-on experience across the full ML lifecycle: data sourcing, modelling, testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Proficient in Python & SQL, lower level languages understanding is a plus
• Understanding of acoustic signal processing is a plus
• Comfortable with startup pace
• Collaborative team player with strong sense of ownership
• Fluent in English (German additional bonus)
• Valid Swiss work permit 

If you're talented and driven but don't meet every technical requirement, we still want to hear from you.

Your Team

You'll work closely with Gabriel Prélaz (Head of AI) and Noah Schmid (CTO), with regular interaction with Tim Gardner, co-founder of Neuralink and Innovation Catalyst at Synature.

Apply

• Please complete this form to apply: https://forms.gle/vGLbAc9MLX72PaYZ7. Applications sent by email will not be considered.
• The interview process has three stages and includes a general interview, a technical interview with assignment and team lunch
• If you have questions please reach out: [email protected]



If you’re excited by frontier tech, real-world impact, and startup speed - let’s talk :)