Lead Responsible AI Engineer

Here; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Variable bonus

Hybrid work environment

Medical coverage

Creative Tax Incentive (KUP)

Meal allowance

Life insurance

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

HERE Technologies is seeking an engineer to join the Responsible AI Engineering team. You will become a subject matter expert in Responsible AI while collaborating across security, OSS compliance, and AI governance domains to build tooling and guardrails for AI-enabled products and services.

You will design scalable CI/CD-integrated solutions, develop automated MCP scanners, and implement runtime protections and governance automation to enable safe AI adoption.

Qualifications

• Proficient in multiple programming/scripting languages (Python preferred).
• Proven experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying software for automated execution in CI/CD environments; GitLab CI/CD is a plus.
• Strong fundamentals: testing, automation, reliability, maintainability.
• Interest in AI governance, Responsible AI, AI security and risk management.
• Experience building developer tooling, automation platforms, or compliance-related systems is advantageous.
• Familiarity with AI systems, LLMs, AI agents, or agentic workflows is useful.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools, infrastructure, and processes for Responsible AI compliance across teams.
• Design and maintain automated tooling for AI governance and MCP scanners.
• Build runtime protections, policy enforcement, input/output validation and governance automation for AI agents.
• Create training materials and guidelines to support developers and product managers.

Skills

Python

CI/CD

Software testing

AI governance

Documentation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

What's the role?

The Responsible AI Engineering team is part of the AI & Analytics Infrastructure team, which is building the agentic AI infrastructure and the governance around it. As a member of this team, you will become a subject matter expert in Responsible AI while working across security, OSS compliance, and AI governance domains. You will work with a global team to build tooling, develop technical guardrails, improve compliance processes, and establish best practices for AI-enabled products and services.

Achieving the team’s mission of enabling safe, trustworthy, and compliant AI adoption involves a varied set of responsibilities that require different skillsets:

• Responsible AI by Design: Develop tools, infrastructure, and processes that help developers, product owners, and product managers achieve Responsible AI compliance. Conduct Responsible AI assessments and provide technical guidance on risk identification, mitigation strategies, and regulatory compliance evidence. Shape company-wide processes to shift AI governance left and embed Responsible AI principles throughout the product development lifecycle
• AI Governance Tooling and MCP Scanners: Design, develop, and maintain automated tooling for AI governance and risk evaluation. Develop and enhance MCP scanning capabilities for automated assessment of AI systems, AI agents, and MCP servers. Build infrastructure that collects risk-related metadata, performs automated analysis, and produces actionable recommendations to improve security, governance, and compliance outcomes. Develop scalable CI/CD-integrated solutions that enable continuous evaluation of AI systems and AI-related risks.
• AI Guardrails: Develop technical guardrails that help ensure secure, reliable, and compliant AI systems. Design and implement controls for AI agents including runtime protections, policy enforcement, input and output validation, access controls, risk monitoring, and governance automation. Support teams in identifying and mitigating AI-specific risks while enabling safe adoption of emerging AI technologies.
• OSS Compliance Support: Support development teams using the company's OSS compliance tooling and processes. Maintain and improve OSS scanning infrastructure, assist teams in resolving scan failures and compliance issues, and contribute to automation that improves the efficiency, reliability, and usability of OSS compliance workflows.
• Software Engineering Excellence: Develop, test, deploy, and maintain production-grade software and automation solutions. Establish engineering best practices including unit testing, integration testing, CI/CD automation, code quality validation, and operational monitoring. Drive reliability, maintainability, and scalability of Responsible AI and compliance-related platforms and services.
• Communication and training: Communicate with and support teams adopting AI technologies, produce guidelines for developers and product managers, and develop training materials covering Responsible AI, AI governance, AI guardrails, and OSS compliance processes.

Who are you?

• Development experience in several programming and scripting languages, knowledge of Python is an advantage
• Proven experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying software for automated execution in CI/CD environments; experience with GitLab CI/CD is an advantage.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, automation, reliability, and maintainability.
• Interest in AI governance, Responsible AI, AI security, and AI risk management.
• Experience building developer tooling, automation platforms, or compliance-related systems is an advantage.
• Familiarity with AI systems, LLMs, AI agents, or agentic workflows is an advantage.
• Experience with security, privacy, OSS compliance, or governance domains is an advantage.
• Experience producing technical documentation, training materials, and engineering guidance is an advantage.
• Proven ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups and translate regulatory or governance requirements into practical engineering solutions.

What Do We Offer?

• The opportunity to tackle meaningful and challenging problems
• A chance to continuously learn and stay on top of the latest technology trends
• Work that has real-world impact, shaping the future of mobility and technology
• Regular feedback to help you grow and succeed in your role
• A collaborative and supportive team environment where your contributions are valued
• Competitive salary plus variable bonus
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid working environment
• Medical coverage for you and your family
• This role is eligible for Creative Tax Incentive scheme in Poland” or KUP (Autorskie KosztyUzyskania Przychodu)

Life at HERE in Poland comes with a competitive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and performance. This includes a base salary, a Short-Term Incentive (STI) bonus (percentage based on role), a creative tax advantage for eligible positions, private medical care (including dental), life insurance, a meal allowance, vision reimbursement, a remote work allowance (if applicable), access to MyBenefit and Multisport programs, and various wellbeing initiatives. Paid time off, sick leave, and parental leave are provided in accordance with the Polish Labor Code.

Who are we?

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

As part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This offer and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. This will involve employment, education, and criminal verification if applicable.