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 responsible for IPAI’s infrastructure substrate: the compute, storage, networking, identity, security, and operational foundations that everything else depends on. You translate strategic goals, regulatory requirements, and ecosystem needs into concrete, implementable infrastructure architectures, and ensure they are built and operated to a high standard.
Your Tasks
- Own IPAI’s infrastructure architecture end to end, defining target architectures for compute (including GPUs), storage, networking, identity, security, and isolation models.
- Translate strategic, legal, and governance requirements into concrete systems, balancing performance, cost, sovereignty, compliance, and usability.
- Specify and drive implementation of infrastructure solutions, ensuring architectures are implementable, operable, and resilient in practice.
- Act as the primary technical interface to internal IT, external providers, and partners, aligning IPAI’s needs with enterprise and public-sector realities.
- Define operational and security standards, including access models, monitoring, reliability expectations, and auditability.
- Continuously evolve the infrastructure foundation, anticipating future needs of IPAI services and members while maintaining stability and trust.
Your profile
- Extensive experience as an Infrastructure Architect, Platform Architect, or senior infrastructure engineer in complex, regulated, or multi-stakeholder environments.
- Proven track record of designing and delivering large-scale infrastructure systems that are used by multiple teams or external users.
- Experience working with public-sector, enterprise IT, or regulated industries is highly desirable.
Deep understanding of modern infrastructure stacks, including cloud and/or on-prem environments, networking, storage, identity and access management, and security architectures. - Hands-on experience with infrastructure implementation and automation (e.g. Kubernetes, Terraform or similar tooling).
- Strong grasp of reliability, scalability, observability, and cost-management principles.
- Ability to design clear platform interfaces and constraints that enable higher-level services to operate effectively.
- Strong systems thinker with excellent judgment in making and explaining trade-offs.
Credible communicator across engineering, legal, governance, and executive audiences.
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. 2234
Im Zukunftspark 11/13, 74076 Heilbronn
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