Would you like to play an active and hands-on role in shaping the development of IPAI?
As an innovation platform for applied AI, we pursue the goal of successfully bringing artificial intelligence into use in companies and institutions. With IPAI, we have set ourselves the ambition of becoming the “Global Home of Human AI”. We are creating a space for successful AI transformation and collaboration, generating further momentum for a true AI hotspot in Europe.
You are a senior, hands-on Applied Machine Learning Engineer with a strong focus on technical leadership and real-world impact. You are responsible for ensuring that ambitious ideas across the IPAI ecosystem turn into robust, end-to-end ML systems that actually work in practice.
Operating close to members and partners, you bring the engineering depth, architectural judgment, and delivery capability required to make IPAI an effective platform for applied AI.The role combines forward-deployed engineering with platform thinking: hands-on where necessary, strategic where required, always focused on enabling others to succeed.
Your Tasks
- Make IPAI members successful. You work directly with partners to design, prototype, and implement ML solutions that address concrete, high-impact problems.
- Cater to the entire ML product cycle. You help build end-to-end ML systems, spanning data and metadata management, model training and evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance. You help teams navigate tool choices, system design, and trade-offs across modern ML stacks.
- Operate as a forward-deployed engineer. Where required, you embed with members and partner to unblock project progress, reduce technical risk, and accelerate delivery.
- Collaborate closely across IPAI, aligning engineering work with product strategy, partner management, and ecosystem needs.
- Strengthen IPAI’s technical foundation. You are contributing to reusable patterns and platform components, mentor others and share best practices.
Your profile
- Several years of experience as an Applied ML Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform Engineer, or in a comparable senior, hands-on role.
- Strong grounding in machine learning fundamentals, including model training, evaluation, and optimization.
Experience with working close to users or customers, translating real-world needs into technical solutions, is highly valued. - Practical experience with technologies and tooling across the ML flywheel (data management, model training and evaluation, model deployment and operation, agentic workflows). Python skills and familiarity with the Python ML/AI ecosystem are a plus.
Our offer
IPAI is driven by the vision to become the “Global Home of Human AI” – an ambition that meets a hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial spirit. You
can expect an environment where a pioneering spirit is lived: you have the freedom to create something new and to actively contribute to IPAI’s
growth. In doing so, you are part of a vibrant innovation platform for applied AI, where business, science, startups, and society come together. If you
are eager to turn this vision into reality within a strong community and an ambitious team, you are a perfect fit for us.
- Your Daily Work – Your Flexibility
Innovation needs freedom instead of fixed hours. With us, you decide where and when your impact is greatest: whether deep work from home or co-creation on-site, whether early bird or night owl – we forgo rigid 9-to-5 structures. What counts for us is not mere presence, but the result. - Your Personal Growth
Your learning curve with us is steep: your career path remains as flexible as our environment. We address your needs individually – whether as a specialist or leadership expert – and support you through tailor-made further training and targeted sparring. - Our Team Spirit and Work Atmosphere
Come as you are: what matters to us is your authentic self. You will work in an inspiring environment in our state-of-the-art office, equipped with everything you need. Innovation thrives on exchange – that’s why we strengthen our bond through regular team events and legendary offsites. - Our Innovation Ecosystem
At IPAI, you are part of a unique network of startups, companies, and research. You have direct access to exclusive expert knowledge and inspiration through high-caliber keynotes and tech impulses. Network with the brightest minds at our events and help shape the Global Home of Human AI as an active part of the community. - Your Compensation & Mobility
We offer you a competitive salary package, complemented by attractive pension models and maximum mobility: choose between your personal company car including a fuel card (also for private use) or a flexible monthly mobility budget. - Your Additional Benefits
Benefit from the comprehensive benefit network of the Schwarz Group: for example, free access to our modern gyms, the Medical-Center with specialist medical care, or corporate benefits.
We are looking forward to your application!
Schwarz Corporate Solutions KG · Larissa Bühler · Referenz-No. 2233
Im Zukunftspark 11/13, 74076 Heilbronn
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