AI engineer / Consultant

Gfa Group; Hamburg, Berlin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gfa Group is seeking a technically skilled professional to contribute to AI-based services and data-driven solutions for clients in a fast-moving environment. You will write concepts, proposals and reports while collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

The role involves piloting AI solutions, developing data services, and supporting deployment within a dynamic team. A strong quantitative background and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Must have a strong quantitative background and a university degree (MA).
• 2+ years relevant AI/public sector experience, incl. digital product/service development.
• Up-to-date with AI/ML advancements.
• Strong writing, communication, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to assessment, piloting, development and maintenance of AI-based services for clients.
• Contribute to non-AI data services development for clients, incl. data analytics projects.
• Write concepts and technical proposals for new AI/data-driven projects.
• Communicate with non-technical team members, clients, and partners.
• Elaborate reports, concepts and presentations.
• Support internal AI initiatives, assess feasibility, develop pilots and support deployment.

Skills

Python

Docker

PostgreSQL

API design

Microservices

Kubernetes

AI frameworks

Education

Master's degree in CS/quantitative field

Tools

NGINX

LangGraph/OpenAI Agent SDK

Job description

Job description

• Actively contribute to the assessment, piloting,development and maintenance of AI-based services and solutions for our clients
• Actively contribute to the development of non-AI-based data services for our clients, such as e.g. classical data analytics projects
• Write concepts and technical proposals for the acquisition of new projects in the field of AI and data-driven solutions
• Actively communicate with non-technical team members, clients, and partners
• Elaboration of reports, concepts and presentations
• Support internal GFA AI initiatives and our innovation pipeline: assessment of technical feasibility, assist requirement analysis, develop pilot solutions and support deployment

Qualifications

• University degree (MA) in computer science, economics, statistics, data science, physics, mathematics or another degree with a strong quantitative focus
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in the context of public sector AI, ideally including in digital product or service development
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning
• Software Development skills, several of the following:Python (FastAPI)Microservice design, API & MCP design & development Docker, design of Docker images, container orchestration Databases: Postgres Deployment pipelines, web server configuration (NGINX, Traefik etc.)
• AI experience: Design, deployment and management of Vector/Graph Databases. Experience in the production use of agent frameworks such as LangGraph, SmolAgents, OpenAI Agent SDK, CrewAI or PydanticAI, and are familiar with typical LLM-based workflows such as conversational AI, RAG, information extraction, tool calling and LLM-based evaluationAzure Machine Learning: set-up and management of compute spaces. Knowledge of, and ideally practical experience with, modern approaches such as Agentic RAG, GraphRAG, multi-agent workflows, text-to-SQL and code retrieval
• Basic knowledge know-how of IT systems, webarchitectures, data protection concepts
• Full proficiency in written and spoken German and English. French is an asset
• Strong writing, communication and presentation skills
• Proactive and self-motivated with a strong desire to learn and grow
• Based in Berlin or Hamburg or willing to move

Advantageous:

• Experience with cloud deployments and MLOps, for example on Azure, GCP or AWS
• Experience with deployment and maintenance within Kubernetes