AI Engineer (f/m/d)

#TRANSFORMINGTOMORROW: MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH US. IT:U is a new technical university in Austria (Linz) dedicated to digital transformation, driven by interdisciplinary research and project-based learning to actively shape this transformation and advance it with a solution-oriented approach. Join us as an AI Engineer (f/m/d)* We are looking for a curious and pragmatic AI Engineer to build production-ready AI systems and services that power applications for students, researchers and employees. AI Engineer (f/m/d) Your tasks and responsibilities: • Design and implement production-ready AI services and AI backends using Python • Build AI Features as a Service consumed by multiple university applications • Design, implement and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines • Develop modular LLM applications including tool calling, memory and retrieval • Evaluate and integrate foundation models based on capability, latency and cost • Design scalable AI architectures using caching, queues and asynchronous processing • Develop prompt and context engineering strategies • Implement evaluation pipelines for AI quality, hallucination detection and regression testing • Explore multimodal AI including OCR, TTS, STT and image generation • Ensure GDPR compliance, PII removal and responsible AI practices • Collaborate with software engineers, data engineers, product owners and UX designers • Continuously evaluate new AI models, frameworks and tooling • Share best practices and foster knowledge exchange about AI development Your strengths and skills: • Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering or related field • 3+ years professional software engineering experience • Successfully delivered at least one LLM-based application into production application in a real company environment • Excellent Python skills for production-grade backend development • Experience with RAG, hybrid retrieval (BM25 + dense), vector databases, tool calling, memory and context engineering • Experience with Haystack, LlamaIndex and/or PydanticAI • Experience with evaluation frameworks (e.g. DeepEval) and MLOps (e.g. MLflow) • Strong software engineering skills (REST APIs, Git, Docker, CI/CD, software architecture) • Understanding of cloud/self-hosted LLM deployment, token costs, latency and scalability • Knowledge in modern LLM APIs and open-source models and Model Context Protocol • Prompt and context engineering knowledge • Ability to determine when deterministic software is preferable to AI-based approaches • Understanding of GDPR, privacy-preserving AI and PII detection/removal • Kubernetes and multimodal AI experience are advantages • English skills at a minimum level of C1 What you can expect: • Build strong AI capabilities and features that will directly impact the development of smart solutions for students and staff, enabling personalized and trustworthy digital experience • Work in an innovative educational and research institution with an international focus • Unique opportunity to help build a new university • Dynamic product team with scope to shape how to work and a culture of experimentation, autonomy and self-empowerment • Social activities that foster a collaborative work environment • Free parking or Climate Ticket Upper Austria • Join an expanding, motivated team that thrives on continuous learning - especially in cutting-edge fields like AI. We value curiosity and we invest in expanding our expertise together. Salary Competitive compensation starting from EUR 57.000 yearly gross salary. *Come as you are - we value and promote diversity in our team. Everyone is encouraged to reach their full potential, realize ideas and seize opportunities. Regardless of age, skin colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or origin, we welcome applications from all people equally. About this job Employment type: Full Time (Permanent employment) Salary: from 57,000 EUR yearly Seniority level: Professional Experience Work model: On-site Place of work: Linz Field of work: IT, Data Processing Unfilled vacancies: 1 vacancy unfilled for this position About the company Employer: IT:U - Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria Number of employees: employees Locations: Linz Details about this job Full Time (Permanent employment) • Monday to Friday • 38,5 hours Place of work • Linz Must-have skills • Python skills • Haystack • LlamaIndex • PydanticAI • evaluation frameworks • MLOps • software engineering skills • LLM APIs and open-source models • Model Context Protocol Required languages • English C1 Must-have education • Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering or related field Benefits • Team events • Parking space • Transportation allowance Climate Ticket Upper Austria Contact person Sonja Pfaffeneder HR Generalistin