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Head of AI Engineering (m/w/d) - Schwerpunkt: Agentic Systems & Backend Engineering

Borken, Westfalen, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENRemoteFull-time2026-10-15 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Technical and hands-on leadership for building agentic AI systems and a platform where customers can create their own agents and workflows.

Role type

Senior IC Head of AI Engineering (Agentic Systems & Backend)

Builds

Multi-agent systems, customer-configurable agent workflows, and a SaaS platform for agent management.

Domain

AI/ML, Agentic Systems, Backend Engineering, SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM architecture, Multi-agent system design, RAG, Guardrails, Human-in-the-Loop, System evaluation, Python, Django, Kubernetes, Cloud infrastructure

Preferred skills

A2A, MCP, Prompt Engineering, Context Engineering, Security hardening for LLMs

Technologies

Anthropic API, Vertex AI, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, NumPy, pandas, CUDA, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Celery, Taskiq, Git

Responsibilities

Develop agent-based AI assistant, design controllable agent systems with guardrails, build systematic evaluation strategies, integrate AI into existing SaaS, make architectural decisions, optimize observability and costs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team scaling responsibilities