Forward Deployed AI Engineer (m/f/d)
Sportradar1 day ago
Vienna, AustriaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Understand departmental workflows, pain points, and data by working with internal stakeholders.
- Identify valuable problems, simplify complex processes, and recommend when AI solutions are or are not appropriate.
- Build, test, and deploy LLM-powered applications and agents from prototype through production.
- Implement retrieval, tool integrations, prompts, and context handling.
- Build evaluations using test sets, automated checks, and quality dashboards, then improve solutions based on results.
- Build and maintain data pipelines that feed AI systems.
- Plan work independently, provide regular updates, and document solutions.
Requirements
- Around 2+ years of software engineering or applied ML experience, or equivalent project experience.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical colleagues.
- Self-motivation and the ability to work independently with little supervision.
- A pragmatic, structured approach to organizational complexity, problem-solving, and competing priorities.
- Solid Python and software engineering fundamentals, including testing, version control, and APIs.
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and a project using RAG or agents, including some evaluation experience.
- Familiarity with SQL or data pipelines and at least one cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Consulting, internship, or stakeholder-facing project experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Collaborative international environment with social events and team-building activities.
- Professional and personal development plans, career framework opportunities, and online training videos.
- Inclusive employee community, including Women in Tech and Pride groups.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, Calm, and Reulay wellness resources.
- Flexible working hours.
- Based in Vienna with a fully on-site, five-days-per-week office model; certain location-based exemptions may apply.
- Some travel between Sportradar offices may be required.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Sportradar
Sportradar builds data, odds, and integrity services that power sportsbooks, iGaming operators, media companies, and sports federations. Its products include real-time sports data feeds, trading tools, virtual sports, integrity monitoring, and digital content, sold via SaaS and data-rights partnerships. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in St. Gallen, the NASDAQ-listed company covers more than a million events annually and works with organizations such as the NBA and UEFA.