Senior AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) (m/f/d)

🚀 Become our new Senior AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) (m/f/d)

As a Senior AI Engineer (Forward Deployed), you are responsible for the hands‑on implementation of AI‑ and data‑driven solutions at domain depth.

You translate business processes, decision logic, and data flows into robust, scalable systems — ranging from agentic AI workflows to classical data‑engineering components (e.g. data layers on Databricks).

This role is hands‑on, AI‑first, and delivery‑focused, with strong ownership for technical quality, structure, and correctness.

Responsibilities

Domain Understanding

• Understand and structure business processes, decision logic, and data relationships.

• Challenge assumptions with customers and stakeholders.

• Translate complex domain logic into clear, implementable solutions.

AI & Data Solution Implementation

• Design and build agentic AI systems (agents, orchestration, tools, context, decision logic).

• Build and evolve data‑engineering components (data layers, models, pipelines, semantic layers).

• Combine agentic and data‑driven approaches into end‑to‑end solution flows.

• Apply structured LLM orchestration, retries, fallbacks, and guardrails where appropriate.

Hands‑On Engineering & Quality

• Actively implement core system logic (not a design‑only role).

• Use AI tools to accelerate development, testing, documentation, and iteration.

• Ensure maintainability, observability, and production readiness.

• Take responsibility for reliability, monitoring, and cost awareness.

Customer & Team Collaboration

• Lead technical domain workshops and solution sessions.

• Work directly with customers at working level.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering Manager, Cloud AI Architect, and QA.

• Contribute to architecture decisions and shared delivery ownership.

What We’re Looking For

Core Profile

• Very senior, hands‑on engineer in AI and/or data engineering.

• Strong AI‑first mindset with sound judgment on when not to use an LLM.

• Solid engineering practice with Git and CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab).

• Production mindset: reliability, observability, security, and cost control.

• German and English business level proficiency

AI / LLM Engineering

• Experience with structured LLM orchestration (tool calling, schema‑validated outputs).

• Experience designing multi‑agent systems (orchestrator + specialized agents).

• Ability to handle retries, fallbacks, and guardrails.

Backend & System Engineering

• Strong Python skills (ideally FastAPI, async IO, Pydantic).

• Experience building production APIs (errors, retries, timeouts, logging).

• Clear contract design and integration of multiple external systems.

Data & Cloud

• Strong experience with Azure and Databricks (Lakehouse).

• Solid fundamentals in Spark and Delta Lake.

• Experience operating systems in enterprise Azure environments (e.g. Managed Identity, Key Vault, monitoring, basic networking).

System Thinking

• Can design agent orchestration flows, state handling, and sessions.

• Thinks about latency, tool‑call minimization, and operational constraints.

Why Join Us?

• Exciting AI projects - with cutting-edge technologies – work with Azure, Databricks, OpenAI, and more.

• High-performance culture – we’re looking for “Doers” who want to make an impact.

• Fast learning & career growth – benefit from top-tier training and certifications.

• Innovative company culture – we embrace hands-on mentality, team spirit, and AI-driven excellence.

• Broad ecosystem – as part of our DNA, we cultivate an exceptional network and work closely with partners and startups.

About KI performance

We are transforming the way companies work with data, preparing them for the future of AI. With our expertise in developing data platforms and AI-powered solutions, we create measurable value - always with a clear focus on business and strategy. Our projects range from global data platforms to innovative Gen AI applications, making a direct impact on the success of leading DAX companies. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we set new standards in digital transformation and work closely with Microsoft, Databricks, and our KI group ecosystem to develop sustainable and future-proof solutions.

Our company culture is shaped by forward-thinking, curious, and open-minded individuals who actively drive digital change. To maintain this dynamic environment, we place great importance on diversity, innovation, and strong team collaboration. If you’d like to learn more about our culture and benefits, feel free to visit our careers page.