AI Operation Lead

SCOR Group; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SCOR Group is seeking an AI Operations Lead to hands-on integrate, deploy, and monitor AI systems across enterprise products. You will focus on observability, performance, and cost optimization while collaborating with engineering and product teams to deliver robust AI-enabled applications.

The role requires 5–8 years in software/ML engineering, strong GenAI/ML experience, and expertise with cloud environments, Kubernetes, and MLOps tooling. A Master’s or higher degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in software/ML engineering.
• Experience with GenAI and ML systems.
• Master’s degree (Ph. D. is a plus).
• Bachelor’s degree plus ASA or similar work experience accepted in place of Master’s degree.
• Certifications on Cloud or Microservices or Kubernetes (CKAD) are plus.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operate integration of AI capabilities into enterprise products following standard patterns.
• Contribute to deployment of Copilots and AI assistants, agentic workflows, and predictive ML services.
• Support delivery squads in integrating AI services into business applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration or runtime issues in production.
• AI Observability & Monitoring: design and implement observability frameworks (logging, tracing, metrics).
• Ensure proper logging and monitoring of AI pipelines; define AI SLAs/SLOs; assist incident management and post-mortems.

Skills

Software/ML engineering

GenAI

ML systems

Cloud environments

Kubernetes

MLOps/LLMOps

Observability

Data pipelines

Distributed systems

RAG/Embeddings

Education

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree + ASA

CKAD or cloud certifications

Tools

CKAD

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

The AI Operations Lead contributes hands-on to integration,deploymentand monitoring of AI systems such as ML, GenAI, RAG and agentic workflows. The role focuses on a subset of products/services and ensures operational excellence, observability, and performance.

Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities

Implement and operate integration of AI capabilities into enterprise products following standard patterns

Contribute to deployment of:

Copilots and AI assistants

Agentic workflows

Predictive ML services

Support delivery squads in integrating AI services into business applications

roubleshoot and resolve integration or runtime issues in production

AI Observability & Monitoring (Core focus)

• Design and implement AI observability frameworks, including:
  • Model performance monitoring (drift, quality, hallucination signals)
  • Usage and adoption metrics
  • Latency, reliability, and system health
• Ensure proper logging, tracing, and monitoring of AI pipelines
• Contribute to definition of AI SLAs/SLOs aligned with business expectations
• Support incident management and post-mortem analysis for AI systems

Cost & Performance Optimization

• Monitor AI-related cloud consumption and inference costs
• Contribute to FinOps practices specific to AI workloads

Business Acumen

Understands operational impact of AI systems on business processes

Able to balance performance, cost, and quality trade-offs

Communicates effectively with technical and business stakeholders

Qualifications

Required experience & competencies

5-8 years in software/ML engineering

Experience with GenAI and ML systems

Technical Skills

Strong hands-on experience in:

Cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP acceptable)

Kubernetes and containerized deployments

Experience with:

MLOps / LLMOps tooling

Monitoring/observability tools (e.g., logs, metrics, tracing)

Data pipelines and distributed systems

Understanding of:

GenAI / LLM systems (RAG, embeddings, prompting)

ML lifecycle and deployment patterns

• Hands-on and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to debug complex AI systems in production
• Strong collaboration with engineering and product teams
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-experts
• Proactive and continuous improvement mindset

Business acumen

• Can adapt his/her speech to make relevant for business users
• Can interact effectively with top management

Can support in produce presentations or architecture material

Required Education

• Master’s degree (Ph. D. is a plus) in Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer Science,

Bachelor’s degree plus ASA or similar work experience is accepted in place of a relevant Master’s degree

Certifications on Cloud or Microservices or Kubernetes (CKAD) are plus.

About Us

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.