AI Engineer (w/m/d)

7 days ago

Leipzig, GermanySenior

Responsibilities

Evaluate AI use cases for feasibility, effort, architecture, risks, data requirements, and operational maturity.
Translate business needs into robust technical target architectures and develop, test, and operate AI solutions using approved platforms, architectures, and enterprise AI guardrails.
Build and integrate LLM-based applications, RAG pipelines, agents, tools, skills, APIs, and MCP connections.
Develop and maintain frontend, backend, and integration components while ensuring secure, stable, and maintainable solutions.
Support rollout, monitoring, enhancement, and scaling of productive AI solutions and document solutions, architectural decisions, and operational knowledge.
Collaborate with AI Lab, Digital Services, IT, Cyber Security, Data Governance, AI experts, and business stakeholders.
Evaluate new models, frameworks, and technologies and turn local AI prototypes into secure, reusable, scalable enterprise solutions.

Completed degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, or a comparable technical qualification.
Relevant professional experience in software engineering, AI engineering, data science, machine learning engineering, or a comparable technical environment.
Practical experience with modern AI applications, including LLM integration, RAG systems, agent architectures, context engineering, tool use, prompting, evaluation, or fine-tuning.
Proficiency with relevant technologies such as Python, TypeScript, React, FastAPI, Docker, APIs, cloud platforms, and CI/CD or comparable stacks.
End-to-end understanding of AI applications, from data sources, retrieval, orchestration, and model integration through permissions, evaluation, monitoring, and operations.
Understanding of security, data protection, compliance, and governance in enterprise environments.
Strong communication skills, a structured and dependable hands-on approach, and enjoyment of collaboration with business, AI, data, and IT teams.
Fluent English and good German skills.

Mobile work is available to support work-life balance.
Individual training and professional development are offered through the Drees & Sommer Academy.
Health benefits include a sports bonus or a contribution toward EGYM-Wellpass membership.
Mobility benefits include JobRad leasing, public-transport subsidies, or a company car depending on the position.
Additional discounts are available through the corporate benefits portal.
The employee referral program provides attractive bonuses.
A childcare subsidy and additional benefits for significant private events are available.
The role can be based at one of the company's locations in Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, or Munich.

1,001-5,000 employees