Lead AI Engineer

ELA Container

  • Enschede, Overijssel
  • Vast
  • Voltijds
  • 10 dagen geleden
Location: Enschede
Working Hours: Full-time employee1,400 employees in 24 locations around the world with a fleet of 60,000+ circulating containers. Since ELA's establishment in 1972, our business has continuously been expanding, we are specialists in mobile room solutions. Our family-run company based in Haren (Ems), Germany, is growing at a fast pace and we are actively looking for qualified and dedicated team players to join us locally, internationally and beyond.Your responsibilities
  • Lead architecture and implementation of our internal GenAI assistant & agent platform
  • Design secure, scalable systems (RAG, embeddings, prompt chaining, role-based access)
  • Make key infrastructure decisions (Azure: Container Apps, Functions, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, etc.)
  • Guide and mentor junior devs on DevOps/MLOps and quality engineering practices
  • Own core backend services, data pipelines, and CI/CD readiness
  • Collaborate on product roadmaps and rollouts
  • Ensure enterprise-grade integration and alignment with security standards
Your skills
  • 6+ yrs in software engineering or technical team leadership
  • 3+ yrs in AI/ML systems, applications, or data pipeline delivery
  • Hands-on mindset for end-to-end AI application development
  • Experience deploying enterprise ML/AI/Data apps in cloud environments
  • Fluent English for technical and cross-functional team collaboration
  • Solid grasp of CI/CD, Docker, automated testing, and production monitoring
What you can expect from us
  • We offer you a permanent employment contract
  • You will work in a modern and innovative working environment directly on the university campus
  • We organise an extensive induction programme for you so that you get to know the entire group of companies
  • You can expect a flat hierarchy and short decision-making processes
  • We will provide you with a company mobile phone and laptop computer
  • There is free and supervised parking for cars and bicycles on the campus, and you will also find good public transport connections
  • We offer you a flexible home office arrangement
  • You have the opportunity to use the canteen on the campus
  • The proximity to the university offers attractive lunch options
How You can applyPlease send your documents via our career website https://career.ela-container.com or via email career@ela-container.com including your CV, your essential certificates and qualifications, as well as a few lines about yourself and why we fit. We would then like to meet and have a personal conversation with you. We look forward to hear from you!Any questions?
Contact us via email or WhatsApp/text message on +49 1511 9539616.

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