Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer
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Senior AI Engineer delivering production AI solutions for German public-sector clients. Building LLM, RAG, and agentic systems from concept through operational deployment.
Responsibilities:
- Work with business units and end users to understand processes, identify suitable AI use cases, and define measurable success criteria
- Lead customer projects from a technical and organizational perspective: prioritize requirements, plan implementation, and resolve technical obstacles together with the team
- Develop production-ready code
- Integrate AI solutions into existing IT environments and business processes via APIs, data pipelines, and services
- Apply LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows selectively, making pragmatic decisions about when traditional software or other ML methods are more appropriate
- Take responsibility for model and data quality at production level
- Consider governance requirements from the outset of operations
- Support customers during testing and implementation together with the project team
- Help establish AI-enabled ways of working within the team
- Turn project insights into reusable solution components
- Support customers from the initial idea through stable operations
Requirements:
- Completed degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a comparable technical field
- A PhD in AI or generative AI is a plus
- Several years of software development experience
- Strong knowledge of applied AI, particularly LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows
- Ability to assess the value, limitations, and quality of an approach and develop it into a productive solution
- Excellent Python skills
- Ideally, experience with APIs, Git, automated testing, CI/CD, containers, and cloud or on-premises deployment
- Experience in technical project leadership and direct customer engagement
- Excellent German and English skills (C1 or above)
Benefits:
- Flexible working hours, part-time options, and flexible work locations within Germany to support a healthy work-life balance and the compatibility of family and career
- Varied and responsible work in an innovative and dynamic environment
- The freedom to drive your own ideas forward
- Scope for individual professional development, including up to 4 hours per week for internal or external training
- Private use of a laptop and mobile phone
- Financial support for setting up a home office
- Collaboration within a motivated team
- 30 days of vacation per year
- Bicycle leasing and a fitness pass valid throughout Germany
- Regular team events
- Remote-first policy
- Regular off-sites and monthly opportunities for in-person exchange and social interaction
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