Agentic AI Principal (m/f/d)
ThoughtWorks10 hours ago
Hamburg, GermanyStaff+
Responsibilities
- Shape and solution complex agentic AI pursuits with account, commercial and delivery leaders across Germany, the Netherlands and the DACH region.
- Advise C-suite stakeholders, lead AI maturity assessments and connect agentic architecture choices to measurable business value and ROI.
- Set architecture direction for production-grade multi-agent systems covering orchestration, tool use, memory, retrieval, evaluation, observability and enterprise integration.
- Integrate agentic systems with SAP, healthcare, life sciences, industrial and legacy enterprise platforms using protocols such as MCP and A2A.
- Design sovereign, compliant and secure AI solutions for EU and German environments, including governance, safeguards, auditability and human oversight.
- Provide technical and delivery leadership across complex programmes while validating architecture, unblocking teams and managing technical risk.
- Establish reusable architecture patterns, engineering standards, evaluation practices and governance controls across multiple teams and engagements.
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leads, grow the regional team and build Thoughtworks' German and Dutch market presence.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in modern software engineering and Python, with a strong record of setting standards for testing, CI/CD, observability, maintainability and production reliability.
- Recognised experience architecting and delivering complex enterprise-scale GenAI and agentic AI systems from discovery through production deployment.
- Deep knowledge of agentic frameworks such as LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI and LlamaIndex, including multi-agent coordination and MCP/A2A interoperability.
- Strong expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation, advanced information retrieval, vector databases and enterprise knowledge integration.
- Experience designing evaluations for GenAI and agentic systems across quality, safety, reliability, latency and cost.
- Strong understanding of AI governance, guardrails, red-teaming, observability, responsible AI and secure deployment practices.
- Significant experience deploying AI systems on major cloud platforms with containers, orchestration, hybrid or on-premises infrastructure and self-hosted open-weight models.
- Experience with prompt and context engineering, fine-tuning where appropriate, and application-level performance optimisation.
- Working knowledge of the EU AI Act, GDPR and relevant healthcare, life sciences, financial services and other sector regulations.
- Strongly preferred experience delivering AI in healthcare or life sciences; SAP and industrial-system integration experience is a plus.
- Proven ability to lead C-suite engagements and shape, sell and deliver complex data and AI deals, including €5M+ deals and an annual target of €10M+ TCV.
- Recent consultancy or professional-services experience, ideally with German, Dutch or DACH enterprise clients, and evidence of growing a practice, capability or reusable accelerator.
- Proven leadership across multidisciplinary teams, executive communication, stakeholder influence, mentoring and delivery in ambiguous, high-value programmes.
- Experience navigating German works councils, data protection officers and procurement, with German at B2 minimum and fluent English.
Benefits
- Thoughtworks supports individualized career development through interactive tools, development programmes and a cultivation-focused colleague community.
- The role is hybrid, as indicated by the posting's #LI-Hybrid designation.
- The position covers Germany, the Netherlands and the wider DACH region, with German-language client and market responsibilities.
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About ThoughtWorks
Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that designs and builds custom software, data platforms, and cloud-native systems for enterprises across industries. Its services-based model spans product discovery, agile delivery, platform modernization, and advisory on digital transformation and AI. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Chicago, it listed on Nasdaq in 2021 (TWKS) and remains backed by private-equity firm Apax Partners.