Senior AI Engineer (f/m/d)
Summary
Senior AI Engineer who builds and runs the AI behind vestigas' construction supply-chain platform — reliably extracting structured data from purchase orders, delivery notes and invoices, with uncertainty estimation, document reconciliation and MLOps ownership. Daily stack: Python, Azure, NLP/OCR, generative AI and AI agents, with a path toward Team Lead.
The Technical Challenge
You'll work on problems like extracting structured data reliably from many different documents, building uncertainty estimation so the system knows when to flag a document for human review instead of silently guessing, and automatically reconciling purchase orders, delivery notes, and invoices against each other – all within legal and compliance requirements that leave no room for "close enough." This is a domain where clean benchmark metrics mean far less than robustness against real documents you've never seen before, and where every accuracy gain has a direct, visible impact on our customers' daily operations.- Lead MLOps processes and maintain infrastructure to keep our AI systems reliable, scalable, and secure
- Design and implement advanced AI features, working closely with engineering and product teams to deploy machine learning models and data pipelines
- Improve the accuracy, efficiency, and uncertainty estimation of existing AI features through rigorous testing
- Contribute to the scalability, maintainability, and core functionality of our AI solutions – and help build new ones from scratch
- Align your technical work with customer needs and support product and sales discussions
- Help establish engineering standards, tooling, and quality practices
- Mentor and technically guide colleagues as you build the track record to grow into a leadership role
- Use modern AI tools such as Claude or Cursor as part of your daily workflow
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; alternatively, an equivalent education
- 5+ years of experience in AI engineering, including end-to-end lifecycle management and MLOps
- Hands-on expertise in natural language processing and image processing
- Strong Python skills and experience with Azure; Terraform experience is a plus
- A passion for generative AI, OCR, and building customer-focused solutions
- A habit of writing clean, well-tested code with an eye on what happens after deployment
- Solid understanding of AI agents, tools, and their limitations
- Ideally, some experience mentoring or technically guiding others – and the ambition to grow into a Team Lead role
- Fluent English and German (C1 or above)
- Willingness to work from our Munich office at least two days a week
- Real ownership instead of micromanagement. You shape, you decide, and you see the impact of your work directly in the market.
- Direct line to founders and leadership. Flat hierarchies are our everyday reality – short paths, fast decisions.
- AI-First workflow. Copilot, Claude, Cursor & co. are standard tools for us. We expect and support their use.
- Hybrid work with an office in the heart of Munich, just around the corner from Theresienwiese. Flexible setup with regular office presence – because we believe the best ideas happen in person.
- EGYM Wellpass or BahnCard, corporate benefits, team events, annual offsites.
- Fair, competitive compensation.