Senior AI Engineer (m/f/x) Focus: Software Engineering

The appliedAI Initiative elevates Europe’s industry to become shapers in the age of AI, creating a future that we desire to live in. Through our ecosystem of strong partners, comprehensive programs, services and solutions we advance companies holistically on their AI journey. With our uniquely diverse, interdisciplinary, and driven team, we build on deep technical expertise while specializing on applicability of the solutions. We share a mindset of collaboration and openness with our ecosystem of leading companies and tech players. Our common goal is to strengthen the European landscape, jointly creating unique knowledge for applying trustworthy AI. We believe that AI Agents will be the dominant topic for AI in the near future and that appliedAI with its partner ecosystem will impact how this technology is being used in industry and beyond in Europe.

As a Senior AI Engineer (m/f/x) in the Professional Services organization, you take ownership of production-grade AI features and services from design through operation, and you’re the engineer other team members turn to when a delivery gets technically hard. You work at the intersection of software engineering rigor and applied AI, translating client requirements into scalable, maintainable systems while raising the bar for how the team builds. Beyond your own delivery scope, you help shape how junior and mid-level engineers on your engagements approach quality, testing, and production readiness.
Your tasks will include:

• Owning the end-to-end design, build, and operation of production AI features and services across one or more client engagements
• Making architecture and implementation decisions for ML/LLM-integrated systems - APIs, microservices, event-driven pipelines - with a clear eye on maintainability and cost
• Driving evaluation, safety, and observability practices into every service you ship, and holding others on the engagement to the same bar
• Guiding partner teams through the transition from PoC to scalable, production-deployed solutions, acting as the primary technical point of contact
• Mentoring AI Engineers on your engagements through code review, pairing, and technical guidance
• Contributing technical scoping, effort estimates, and solution options during pre-sales, in close collaboration with AI strategists and program managers
• Identifying and building reusable patterns or components that other engagements can adopt

Lucas Fernandes - Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
appliedAI Initiative GmbH, August-Everding-Str. 25, 81671 München