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Lead ML Engineer (m/f/x)

Köln / HybridRemoteFull-time2026-10-01 → 2026-10-08
Hybrid

Core

Lead the Machine Learning team to architect and develop sovereign AI models and infrastructure for European industry dataspace technology.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning engineer (team lead)

Builds

Sovereign AI models, training/fine-tuning pipelines, and dataspace technology integrations

Domain

Industrial AI, Federated Learning, Sovereign Dataspace

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine Learning, Federated Learning, LLMs, AI tooling, ML infrastructure, Technical leadership, Product partnership, Open-source contribution

Preferred skills

PhD in ML/CS, Experience with Catena-X/Gaia-X/IDSA

Technologies

LLMs, Federated Learning frameworks, Dataspace protocols

Responsibilities

Architect training and fine-tuning of AI models using sovereign dataspace technology, Set technical direction for ML roadmap, Recruit, lead, mentor, and inspire ML engineers, Partner with Product Management on AI/ML architectures, Contribute to open-source projects (via careerplan.io/jobs/2823116-lead-ml-engineer-mfx-at-cofinity-x-gmbh)

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership