AI Engineer (Associate AI Developer) (f/m/d)

What you bring 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, IT, or related discipline. 

• Strong Python programming fundamentals. 

• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering. 

• Basic understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, and RAG. 

• Exposure to LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or similar. 

• Knowledge of REST APIs, Git, Docker, SQL/NoSQL. 

• Basic Kubernetes, cloud, and CI/CD understanding. 

• Exposure to SAP BTP, SAP AI Core, or Joule is a plus. 

• Strong analytical thinking, curiosity, and communication. 

Nice to have 

• AI/ML internship or academic projects. 

• Exposure to vector databases and knowledge graphs. 

• Experience with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code. 

• Open-source or hackathon participation. 

What you'll build 

Join our growing Industry AI team in Munich and help shape the future of Autonomous Asset Management, transforming how asset-intensive industries manage, maintain, and optimize their critical assets through AI. 

You will build innovative, scalable AI solutions that enable smarter decisions, more efficient operations, and greater autonomy across the asset lifecycle. 

• Build next-generation Industry AI solutions that combine agentic AI, intelligent automation, and advanced optimization to address complex asset management challenges. 

• Develop reusable AI capabilities and templates that provide a scalable foundation for innovation across customers and industries. 

• Take end-to-end technical ownership, from solution design and engineering to deployment, continuous improvement, and long-term evolution. 

• Translate industry expertise into intelligent solutions, connecting enterprise data, business context, and AI-driven decision-making to deliver measurable customer value. 

• Drive innovation from concept to reality, collaborating with product management, FDE delivery teams, and industry experts to turn emerging AI technologies into enterprise-ready solutions. 

You will have the opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise-grade Industry AI, take significant technical ownership, and help define how autonomous asset management becomes a reality for leading global enterprises. 

In this role, you will: 

• Build backend services, REST APIs, and frontend components for enterprise AI applications. 

• Develop AI agents using LLMs, RAG, MCP, tool calling, and agent orchestration frameworks. 

• Integrate SAP systems, enterprise APIs, databases, and external services into AI solutions. 

• Support deployment on SAP BTP, SAP AI Core, Kubernetes, and cloud environments. 

• Participate in customer workshops, discovery sessions, demos, and implementations. 

• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code. 

• Debug production issues and improve reliability and performance. 

• Contribute reusable components and documentation. 

• Continuously learn emerging AI technologies. 

Where you belong 

You will be part of a growing Industry AI and expert team serving customers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We invest in the growth of our people at every level — and this role is built for someone who wants to accelerate fast. You will be surrounded by experienced engineers and AI practitioners who are committed to helping you develop. You will thrive here if you are curious, hardworking, and motivated by the opportunity to build real AI solutions for real enterprise customers — from day one. 

This is a role for someone early in their AI engineering career who is hungry to learn, eager to contribute, and excited by the challenge of building production-grade solutions that make a tangible difference for enterprise customers. 

Skills used in this role: Agentic AI Day-to-Day Practice, AI Adoption Capability, AI Output Quality Assurance, Context Engineering, AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping, Learning Agility, Collaboration, Complex Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Effective Communication, Agentic Engineering, Agentic Orchestration, AI-Assisted Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Semantic Retrieval

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