AI Platform Engineer (f/m/d)

Axpo; Baden; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote up to 50%

Pension plan 60%

Health coverage

Parental leave

Childcare support

Discounts

Public transport

Job summary

Axpo is hiring to build and operate a secure, governance-focused AI platform in Baden. You’ll own backend, platform and infra systems, delivering scalable services for LLM routing, model access and tool registration.

You’ll implement safe deployment paths, IAM controls and observability to support product teams building AI-enabled applications. Fluent English is required; German helps.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and operating production-grade backend/platform/infrastructure systems.
• Strong Python and API engineering skills, plus practical experience with containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure and monitoring.
• Experience with identity and access management, secrets, network controls, secure software delivery and platform reliability.
• Genuine interest in AI models and their governance; you understand model failure and how to evaluate behavior and usage controls.
• You communicate engineering trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders with a product mindset.
• Fluent English; German is useful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate platform services for LLM routing, model access, MCP tool registration, identity and permissions, rate limits, team budgets, tracing and auditability.
• Build and improve the deployment path from repository to running, SSO-protected application, including secrets handling, safe defaults and administration capabilities for non-technical users.
• Engineer secure execution environments: isolated runtimes, code analysis, vulnerability checks, restricted egress and least-privilege execution.
• Create reusable APIs, SDKs, templates and documentation that make it easy for product teams to build and operate AI-assisted applications responsibly.
• Contribute to the assessment of open-weight models and European inference providers, and establish observability and evaluation patterns for AI systems - cost, latency, quality, reliability and policy compliance.
• Work closely with product, security, cloud and business teams: support platform users, resolve issues pragmatically, turn recurring feedback into improvements, and help shape the platform roadmap.

Skills

Python

API engineering

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Monitoring

Identity management

Secrets management

Product mindset

English fluency

Tools

Django

Azure

vLLM

MCP

A2A

Agent frameworks

Job description

Workload: 80-100%Location: Baden

Axpo operates 100+ power plants across 40+ energy markets. AI is now part of daily work - colleagues aren't just using it, they're building with it. Join us to create the governed foundation for AI at Axpo: controlled access to models and tools, and a secure platform for AI-assisted applications.

What you will do:

• Develop and operate platform services for LLM routing, model access, MCP tool registration, identity and permissions, rate limits, team budgets, tracing and auditability.
• Build and improve the deployment path from repository to running, SSO-protected application, including secrets handling, safe defaults and administration capabilities for non-technical users.
• Engineer secure execution environments: isolated runtimes, code analysis, vulnerability checks, restricted egress and least-privilege execution.
• Create reusable APIs, SDKs, templates and documentation that make it easy for product teams to build and operate AI-assisted applications responsibly.
• Contribute to the assessment of open-weight models and European inference providers, and establish observability and evaluation patterns for AI systems - cost, latency, quality, reliability and policy compliance.
• Work closely with product, security, cloud and business teams: support platform users, resolve issues pragmatically, turn recurring feedback into improvements, and help shape the evolution of agent-to-agent capabilities and the platform roadmap.

What you bring & who you are:

Several years of experience building and operating production-grade backend, platform or infrastructure systems - combining hands‑on engineering with a strong sense of operational responsibility, from idea through implementation to production.

• Strong Python and API engineering skills, plus practical experience with containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure and monitoring.
• Experience with identity and access management, secrets, network controls, secure software delivery and platform reliability.
• Genuine interest in AI models and their governance - you've built something with models, understand where they fail, how behaviour can be evaluated and how usage should be controlled.
• You make sound engineering trade-offs, communicate them clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and bring a product mindset: you care whether teams can successfully use what you build. Fluent English; German is useful but not required.
• Ideally, you bring experience with MCP, A2A, agent frameworks or evaluation tooling, Django and Azure (or comparable frameworks and clouds), open-weight models such as vLLM, or work in regulated, security-sensitive environments - even if you don't tick every box, we look forward to your application.

About the team:

We're innovators and problem solvers passionate about transforming the energy industry through digital technology. We value collaboration, open communication and humor. If you want to make an impact, get things done and learn every day, we can't wait to welcome you aboard.

Benefits

At our company, we strive to create a culture of continuous learning, personal growth, and inter- national community involvement. We're passionate about providing our employees with the tools and resources they need to succeed, and we're confident that you'll love being part of our team!

• Working Hours

  Enjoy flexible working hours and the option to work up to 50% remotely - for the perfect work-life balance.

• Generous pension plan

  We pay 60% of your pension contributions - for a secure future.

• Health comes first

  100% continued payment of salary in the event of illness or accident and access to an exclusive mental health platform with five free sessions with a psychologist.

• Parental leave

  16 weeks maternity leave (100% continued pay) and 10 days paternity leave (100% continued pay) to spend valuable time with your family.

• Support for your family

  Up to 20% reimbursement of childcare costs (max. CHF 4,800 per year).

• Exclusive discounts

  Attractive discounts on petrol, insurance and mobile telephony with partner companies such as Shell, Avia, Sunrise and Swisscom.

• Public transportation

  No problem: with the SwissPass (max. CHF 190) you can get from A to B at a reasonable price.

At Axpo Group, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of non‑discrimination, tolerance, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications regardless of race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, as well as socioeconomic, cultural, and religious background. We are committed to ensuring a respectful and inclusive recruiting process and workplace for everyone.