Production AI Backend Engineer — Scalable ML & NLP Systems

Siemens; Amadora; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

On-site medical center

Volunteer days

Bridge days

Discounts on Siemens and Bosch brands

Learning Platforms access

Job summary

Siemens Mobility is seeking an AI Backend Engineer to build production-grade AI services, turning data into reliable insights and scalable solutions. You will collaborate with engineering, tendering, and operations teams to deploy robust AI systems and supervise junior engineers and students through experiments, evaluation, and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes data-centric development, prompt engineering, and strong software engineering foundations with Python, Docker, and OpenSearch.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on experience in AI, NLP, or information retrieval.
• Experience turning exploratory data science into deterministic releases.

Responsibilities

• Transform user needs into scalable, production-grade AI services.
• Mentor junior engineers and working students in experiments, evaluation methods and improvements.
• Develop data-centric AI pipelines and robust evaluation strategies.

Skills

Advanced Python

AI systems in production

NLP

Information Retrieval

SDLC

Prompt engineering

Data-centric development

Education

Degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

Docker

OpenSearch

Pytest

Mypy

Ruff

Pre-commit

Job description

Siemens Mobility is seeking an AI Backend Engineer to build production-grade AI services, turning data into reliable insights and scalable solutions. You will collaborate with engineering, tendering, and operations teams to deploy robust AI systems and supervise junior engineers and students through experiments, evaluation, and continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes data-centric development, prompt engineering, and strong software engineering foundations with Python, Docker, and OpenSearch.