Data & AI Engineer (Lausanne/Zurich) — GenAI & Cloud

Startupvalleys; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship programme

Learning activities (ML & Engineering)

Up to 10% paid time for self‑dev

International team

Cross-office events

Fun Fund

Profit sharing

Extended parental leave

Job summary

Unit8 is hiring a Data & AI Engineer to join our team in Switzerland (Lausanne or Zurich). You will partner with engineers and data scientists to deliver data-driven applications, leveraging GenAI and modern data science techniques to address real-world challenges.

You will work across cloud engineering, data engineering, and ML, collaborating with clients and internal teams to design scalable solutions and communicate complex analytics in clear terms.

Qualifications

• MSc level in CS/ML/Applied Statistics/Math or equivalent.
• Proficient software engineering fundamentals with a blend of software engineering, ML, and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Work on diverse areas: cloud engineering, data engineering and ETL, ML and data science.
• Collaborate with customers to understand challenges and design solutions.
• Evaluate and present results to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to building systems from PoCs to end-to-end data platforms.
• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers and business stakeholders.
• Apply CI/CD practices, data versioning and evolution.
• Work in agile, multi-functional teams to iterate and deliver product objectives.

Skills

Proficient software engineer

Programming experience: Python/R/Scala

Cloud technologies

Strong client-facing skills

Teamwork

Good communication skills

Willing to travel

Fluent French or German

Education

MSc in Computer Science / ML / Applied Statistics / Math or equivalent

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Unit8 is hiring a Data & AI Engineer to join our team in Switzerland (Lausanne or Zurich). You will partner with engineers and data scientists to deliver data-driven applications, leveraging GenAI and modern data science techniques to address real-world challenges.

You will work across cloud engineering, data engineering, and ML, collaborating with clients and internal teams to design scalable solutions and communicate complex analytics in clear terms.