Senior AI Engineer (m/f/d)

DEKRA Digital & Product Solutions; Málaga; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

DEKRA Digital & Product Solutions in Málaga, Madrid, and San Cugat is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to strengthen the Data & AI Engineering and Innovation Team. You will develop and deploy AI-driven applications, integrating models into existing systems and APIs.

The role partners with cross-functional teams to productionize prototypes, optimize performance, and ensure secure cloud and on-prem environments. A strong focus on observability, ML tooling, and staying ahead with the latest frameworks

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM field.
• 4+ years of AI, Data Science, or ML Engineering experience in real-world environments.
• Strong Python programming and software engineering practices (testing and CI/CD).
• Experience deploying AI/ML solutions in Azure (Azure ML or Azure AI Services).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AI applications and services for internal and external users.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to deploy secure, scalable environments.
• Partner with AI engineers to turn prototypes into production-grade solutions.
• Monitor performance and implement observability to detect incidents and drift.
• Stay up to date with AI frameworks and cloud technologies to improve production systems.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Software engineering principles

Azure ML / Azure AI Services

PyTorch

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field

Tools

FastAPI

Pandas

Scikit-learn

MLflow

Airflow

Dagster

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Since its foundation in 1925, the DEKRA promise has been to ensure the safety of human interaction with technology and the environment. The company currently employs around 52,000 people in more than 60 countries on all five continents. With qualified and independent expert services, they provide safety on the road, at work and at home.

We have a clear and ambitious vision of the future. The vision for our 100th birthday in 2025 is to see DEKRA as the global partner for a safe world.

On this ocassion, an exciting opportunity has arisen in our Data & AI Engineering and Innovation Team.

You want to know more? Here we go!

Role position:

We are currently looking for a Senior AI Engineer to strengthen our Data & AI Engineering and InnovationTeam.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain applications and services that make AI accessible to internal and external users, integrating AI models into existing applications, APIs, and systems.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and DevOps teams to deploy secure and scalable cloud and on-premise environments (including GPU partitioning), optimizing performance, resources, and costs.
• Partner with AI Engineers and cross-functional teams to transform prototypes into robust, production-grade AI solutions.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of AI applications, implementing observability best practices (logging, metrics, alerting) to detect incidents, data drift, and model deviations in production environments.
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in AI frameworks, cloud technologies, and software engineering practices, applying relevant improvements to production systems.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another STEM field.
• 4+ years of experience in AI, Data Science, or ML Engineering applied to real-world environments.
• Strong programming skills in Python and solid understanding of software engineering principles (testing, clean code, CI/CD).
• Experience developing and deploying AI or ML solutions in Azure (e.g., Azure Machine Learning or Azure AI Services).
• Proficiency with PyTorch, FastAPI, and data/ML libraries such as Pandas or Scikit-learn.
• Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow, Airflow, or Dagster.

Desirable:

• Experience with LLM frameworks (HuggingFace, LangChain, LlamaIndex) and agent-based automation (CrewAI, Agno, MCP, etc.).
• Knowledge of cloud-native infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, GPU partitioning).
• Familiarity with observability and model monitoring tools (EvidentlyAI, InspectAI, DeepEval).
• Experience with vector databases (Milvus, OpenSearch).
• Familiarity with distributed data processing (Dask, Polars) and LLM optimization (LoRA, QLoRA).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and DevOps practices.

Location:

Málaga, Madrid, San Cugat.