AI Engineer - Network
Koninklijke KPN N.V.23 hours ago
Amsterdam, NetherlandsSenior
Responsibilities
- Build, develop, and maintain agentic AI systems for autonomous network optimization and decision-making.
- Design scalable AI/ML pipelines and integrate AI solutions into real-time network environments.
- Own system design, software quality, runtime behavior, reliability, performance, and maintainability in production.
- Define and implement monitoring, testing, and governance strategies for robust and compliant agentic AI solutions.
- Collaborate with network experts, data engineers, software teams, and business stakeholders.
- Translate network objectives into data-driven, self-adapting models using reinforcement learning and emerging AI tools.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering background, including designing, building, and operating distributed systems in production.
- Solid experience with Python and/or Java and writing clean, testable, maintainable code.
- Hands-on production experience applying AI/ML techniques, including model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Experience with AI/ML frameworks and integrating models into larger software systems.
- Understanding of end-to-end AI systems, including data pipelines, model serving, monitoring, and feedback loops.
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, containerization, CI/CD, scalable services, and reliable platforms.
- Interest in reinforcement learning and agentic AI, including exploration of emerging frameworks and research.
- Strong analytical, communication, learning, and ownership skills.
Benefits
- Gross monthly salary of €5.216 to €7.843 based on experience and a 40-hour workweek.
- Fixed 13th-month bonus with a FLEX & BOOST alternative.
- Annual individual and collective salary increases under the Collective Labour Agreement.
- €1,500 annual sustainable employability budget for training, coaching, courses, or other development.
- Flexible leave days and work-life balance benefits, including transition leave and the ability to exchange public holidays.
- Hybrid work support, including a home-office webshop, mobile phone, and laptop.
- 50% discount on KPN products and services.
- Full public transport reimbursement, €0.23 per kilometre by car, and €0.40 per kilometre cycling allowance.
- Option to purchase a lease bike for employees with a permanent contract.
- Pension contribution totaling 25% of pensionable salary, with KPN contributing 17.5%.
- Required work schedule: Monday Amsterdam, Tuesday Amersfoort, Wednesday Amsterdam, Thursday Amsterdam, and Friday at a client office.
- Applicants must already reside in the Netherlands.
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About Koninklijke KPN N.V.
Koninklijke KPN N.V. is the incumbent Dutch telecommunications provider, selling mobile, fixed internet and TV, and managed ICT and cloud services to consumers, SMEs, and enterprises. It operates nationwide fiber and 4G/5G networks and provides data, voice, and security solutions, plus wholesale access to other providers. KPN is a public company headquartered in Rotterdam and listed on Euronext Amsterdam (ticker KPN).