We’re building a world-class team to redefine knowledge work with AI

Zeno is a legal AI startup building a platform that helps lawyers research, review, and draft documents with real legal reasoning — not just text prediction. We’re developing technology that can:

• Search and retrieve statutes, case law, and commentary with high precision.
• Reason step-by-step, applying legal tests and weighing precedents.
• Explain every answer transparently, so lawyers can trace conclusions back to the exact sources.

Where most tools automate surface-level tasks, we’re focused on replicating the way lawyers actually think through legal problems, making depth and trust the foundation of everything we build.

You’re joining an early-stage startup that is already working with leading firms. Backed with €3M in seed funding, we’re now scaling a team of engineers and thinkers who want to solve real problems, drive innovation, and create lasting change in the legal sector.

The role

As a Platform Engineer at Zeno, you’ll take ownership of the systems that underpin our AI platform. You'll design and build the infrastructure that powers our platform, from low-latency inference systems to scalable developer tooling. This is a high-impact role with direct influence on how our platform scales, how fast we ship, and how confidently we operate.

You’ll work closely with the CTO and founding team to define and implement the infrastructure strategy that supports our rapid product development, growing user base, and evolving AI research efforts.

What you’ll work on

• Architect, develop, and deploy infrastructure systems and internal tools that support AI development and platform growth
• Optimize compute, storage, and networking systems for performance, cost, and reliability
• Lead scaling strategies to prepare for rapid user and traffic growth
• Establish and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Drive incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability improvements
• Partner closely with product and research teams to accelerate iteration
• Set the standard for engineering excellence in platform and ops

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years in infrastructure, SRE, MLOps, DevOps, or similar roles
• Proven experience designing and scaling distributed systems at production scale
• Deep expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Strong software engineering skills and scripting fluency
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, container orchestration, networking, databases, observability, CI/CD, and related systems
• Experience supporting machine learning workloads
• High ownership mindset and a bias for shipping

The ride from startup to scale-up

Things will break, priorities will shift, and there won’t always be a playbook. You’ll wear multiple hats, ship fast, and learn faster. Some weeks will feel chaotic, some problems will feel bigger than your role. That’s the nature of the ride from startup to scale-up: if you need stability and structure, this won’t fit. But if you thrive on ownership, speed, and building from zero, you’ll love it here.

Why join us

• Be part of a product-driven team reinventing how legal professionals work.
• Join early and shape the foundation of a fast-growing, high-impact startup.
• Work in a place where hierarchy doesn’t matter — only the best ideas do.
• Collaborate with a top-tier team of engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs.
• Competitive compensation, employee benefits and strong upside as we grow.
• An inspiring place to work in the heart of Rotterdam.

Shape the future of legal work with us.