(Senior) AI Engineer (m/w/d)
(Senior) AI Engineer (m/w/d)
Join us to make education accessible for all!
Strengthen our AI Go-To-Market Team in full-time as (Senior) AI Engineer (m/f/d) within Germany or UK remotely or at one of our office locations.
This role focuses on building scalable AI systems that drive personalized pre‑sales experiences and deliver measurable business impact across digital channels.
- Develop and scale agentic AI systems powering complex, multi‑step user journeys across web, WhatsApp, and additional digital interfaces.
- Implement advanced retrieval and context‑engineering pipelines using RAG architectures, hybrid search, semantic chunking, and scalable context strategies.
- Shape intelligent and reliable AI behavior through prompt engineering, intent modeling, and rigorous specification design aligned with product and brand requirements.
- Optimize production‑ready AI systems with strong engineering across latency, observability, reliability, guardrails, and secure data handling.
- Drive continuous improvement through systematic evaluation, testing, monitoring, and iteration of model and workflow performance.
- You bring hands‑on experience in backend engineering with Python and modern service architectures such as FastAPI.
- You have a proven track record in building and deploying LLM‑powered or agentic workflows in production environments.
- You demonstrate deep practical knowledge of orchestration, state management, workflow control, tool use, and context engineering for multi‑step AI systems.
- You are familiar with modern retrieval technologies including embeddings, vector search, hybrid retrieval, semantic chunking, and context construction.
- You know how to design, evaluate, and evolve AI systems with robust monitoring, testing, guardrails, and secure handling of sensitive data.
- Be you at IU: We support and empower you to achieve your personal and professional goals. After all, your happiness significantly contributes to a positive and productive environment.
- Work wherever you want…: Digitalization is part of our DNA. Decide for yourself which place sparks the most productivity in you. You love remote work? No problem! Would you like to work abroad for a while? Our WorkFlex Benefit makes it possible.
- … and flexible in terms of time: It’s your job; We trust you and give you the greatest possible freedom to organize yourself.
- Take your knowledge to a new level: Where else, if not with us? Enjoy free access to all our e-learning platforms. In addition, we will finance you a complete technology course of your choice.
- Make your journey sustainable: Whether it’s a DeutschlandTicket subsidized down to 13 euros or a Jobrad (bike leasing) offer, enjoy the freedom of mobility for both work and personal activities, while also making an eco-friendly choice.
- 33 days to rest: Taking breaks is important! In addition to 30 flexible vacation days per year, we also give you an extra day off on your birthday, as well as days off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
IU International University of Applied Science (IU) is Germany’s largest university of applied science – and we are not just an excellent choice for studying, but also an outstanding Great Place to Work®! As an Edutech company, we rely on state-of-the-art technology and data-driven approaches. That’s why AI-driven voice assistants and other generative AI-systems have long become part of our daily work routine, helping us to focus on exciting projects. Here at IU over 4,000 employees are dedicated to making a difference.
Sounds like the perfect job for you? Then apply now! Simple, fast and even without a cover letter.
Please note that, for data protection reasons, we are not allowed to process email applications.
Actions speak louder than words: We cherish our “Culture of Everyone” and would like to take this opportunity to empathize that we do not tolerate discrimination towards any race, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. We welcome you as you are and look forward to nurturing our diverse community at the IU!
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Unrestricted access to learning is a life-changing concept. We build solutions for digital education that are accessible wherever we go. They’re mobile, always on, and everywhere. Advancing through AI, NLP, Big Data Analytics, IoT, Cloud platforms, and Software Development, we are leading the digital transformation of education in the era of Industry 4.0.
Make collaboration standard practice.
Be courageous and take risks.
Embrace innovation always.
Strive for the empowerment of everyone.
Adopt a growth mindset for scale.
Focus on getting things done on time.
Put customer focus first.