ML Platform Engineer | Berlin OR Hessen | Germany

Location: Berlin OR Hessen (Germany)

Work Model: Hybrid – 3 days in office

Contract Type: Permanent

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain AI/ML infrastructure within a scalable microservices architecture running on Kubernetes.
  
• Build and maintain high -quality, secure, and reliable DevOps pipelines and Helm charts
  
• Work across the backend stack, integrating event -driven systems (Kafka), gRPC services, and REST APIs
  
• Develop and optimize data pipelines using modern data engineering tools (e.g., Spark)
  
• Manage ML lifecycle processes using tools such as MLflow
  
• Contribute to architectural decisions to improve scalability, performance, and system reliability
  
• Support deployment and monitoring of ML models in complex production environments, including isolated (air -gapped) setups with varying hardware constraints (CPU/GPU).
  
• Ensure platform reliability and robustness in customer -deployed Kubernetes environments
  
• Maintain high security and compliance standards aligned with industry best practices (e.g., ISO 27001)
  

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML platform engineering or related roles
  
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, distributed systems, and data engineering technologies
  
• Hands -on experience with ML platforms and frameworks (e.g., MLflow, PyTorch, SparkML)
  
• Familiarity with modern data stack technologies (e.g., Spark, Delta Lake, TensorFlow, ONNX)
  
• Experience building clean, maintainable, and testable systems following modern software engineering principles
  
• Knowledge of cloud -native development and DevOps practices (including Helm)
  
• Experience working in security -sensitive or highly regulated environments is a plus.
  
• Strong problem -solving and debugging skills
  
• Excellent communication skills in English and ability to collaborate across teams