AI Engineer

Try&Hire; Hurden; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Try&Hire in Switzerland seeks an AI/ML engineer to design, develop and deploy scalable AI features for a web-based business software product. You will work in an AI feature team with high personal responsibility and collaborate closely with cross-functional colleagues.

The role emphasizes hands-on work with LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering and cloud platforms, in a hybrid setup (80–100% workload). Initial 3–6 months are interim, with the option of a permanent position afterward.

Qualifications

• University degree in computer science or related field.
• Experience as AI/ML engineer or fullstack engineer building scalable AI features.
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments and AI platforms.
• Proven experience deploying LLMs for real business applications.
• Advanced Python programming skills, AI/ML libraries, backend and databases.
• Familiarity with SaaS architectures and API integrations; basics in containers and CI/CD.
• Fluent English; German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work in an AI feature team with high personal responsibility.
• Design, develop and implement scalable AI-powered features.
• Work with large language models for NLP, conversational AI and generative use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design AI-driven features and applications.
• Drive innovation by researching the latest AI technologies and proposing new approaches.

Skills

AI engineering

Python programming

Backend development

Cloud platforms

RAG & LLM deployment

Prompt engineering

APIs & SaaS

CI/CD basics

English fluent

German a plus

Education

University degree in computer science or related field

Tools

GCP

Vertex AI

LangChain

LlamaIndex

MongoDB

Redis

Angular

PHP

Jenkins

Job description

You design and build scalable AI-powered features using large language models for a web-based business software product.

Your tasks

• Work in an AI feature team using agentic development methods with high personal responsibility
• Design, develop and implement scalable AI-powered features used by many customers
• Work intensively with large language models for NLP, conversational AI and generative AI use cases
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design AI-driven features and applications
• Drive innovation by researching the latest AI technologies and proposing new approaches

What you bring

• University degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a related field
• Practical experience as AI engineer, ML engineer or fullstack software engineer building scalable, secure AI features
• Hands‑on experience with cloud environments and AI platforms, and AI orchestration frameworks
• Proven experience with RAG, prompt engineering and deploying LLMs for real business applications
• Advanced Python programming skills, experience with AI/ML libraries, solid backend knowledge and databases
• Familiarity with SaaS architectures and integrating AI services via APIs; basics in containers and CI/CD
• Fluent English required, German a big plus

Conditions

• Workload: 80-100 %
• Work model: Hybrid
• Option of a permanent position after the assignment if both sides want it

What to expect

• Hybrid work model with flexible working hours
• 3-6 months interim, then a permanent position

Technologies

• GCP
• Vertex AI
• Google ADK
• LangChain
• LlamaIndex
• RAG
• Python
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Angular
• PHP
• Jenkins