AI Engineer

We are looking for an AI Engineer to join our AI Services and Delivery team. Within the team you will be part of the Engineering chapter exchanging experience, know-how and ideas with other engineers of different seniorities and backgrounds. As an AI Engineer you will participate and lead (depending on seniority) AI solutions delivery across different Unicredit domains and geographies. As AI Engineer you will also collaborate with a horizontal team to improve and evolve our AI Platform on the cloud with state-of-the-art components and features to be leveraged across initiatives. You will be focusing on AI solutions design and delivery jointly with AI Architects, Data Scientist and AI business translator, ensuring system reliability and scalability in production following market standard Dev and ML ops practices.

What you can expect from us

• Design and

development of innovative and cutting-edge AI solutions jointly with Architect

and Scientist.
- Contribute

to the scale-up of AI adoption through the creation of libraries and common

assets – maintain and evolve Unicredit AI Platform leveraging state of the art

cloud components and open-source frameworks.
- Ensure

smooth operations through scalable, robust and resilient design of systems
- Adopt state

of the art technology and cloud-native solutions.
- Define best

practices and standards for application design and development – including

deployment patterns, documentations, library adoption and group-wide standards.
- For Senior

Roles, act as tech lead on horizontal (capabilities and foundations) and

vertical (business specific project) delivery. Acting as a focal point for

engineering desing, planning and execution, holding accountability for

milestone achievements and overall project / delivery success.

What we expect from you

The ideal

candidate has:

• University degree in computer science, physics,

mathematics or engineering.
- 3+ years of practical relevant experience in

software design and implementation, ideally related to AI systems
- In-depth knowledge of Software Engineering best

practices, design and architectural patterns.
- Experience in object-oriented software

development in Python, knowledge of APIs design and implementation - additional

languages are a plus.
- Practical knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker.
- Hands-on experience with AI systems in

production, embedded into enterprise ecosystems.
- Experience with Agentic AI system design,

development and maintenance in an enterprise setting with production grade

infrastructure.
- Proven experience in application development,

leveraging cloud infrastructure, including cloud services usage and

integration. (Google preferred, Azure nice to have)
- Eager to learn and stay up to date to AI

trends, technologies and framework
- Excellent collaboration skills, with the

ability to work effectively in an agile environment.
- For more senior roles, experience in leading

the delivery of technical teams bridging gaps between methodological and

engineering effort guaranteeing smooth transition between prototyping and

production grade system

Nice to

have:

• Practical experience in using ML and/or AI

frameworks (e.g. KubeFlow, Langchain, Haystack, ...)
- Experience and Machine Learning Engineer –

MLOps lifecycle for traditional AI systems.
- Experience with Open Source LLMs in production,

LLM fine tuning and deployment.
- Experience in testing strategy (unit test,

integration test, scalability test) with a focus on AI systems and LLM

scalability.
- Experience in designing and developing

microservices architecture.
- Knowledge of DevOps best practices, with proven

experience of deployments on Kubernetes.

Our offer to you

MakeInnovationHappen: Chance to make an

impact in terms of transformation.

UnlockYourPotential: Join a

young and stimulating environment.

ComeAsYouAre: Working within a

global team.

UnlockYourPotential: Play a role

of autonomy with high visibility and exposure.

BalanceLifeAndCareer: Flexible

working hours.

#EnjoyTheBest: Access to our

Benefits platform with a dedicated budget that you will be able to use to

choose the most suitable benefits for you.

About UniCredit Group
UniCredit is a pan-European Commercial Bank with a unique service offering in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. Our purpose is to empower communities to progress, delivering the best-in-class for all stakeholders, unlocking a better tomorrow for our clients and our people across Europe. We serve over 15 million customers worldwide. They are at the heart of what we do in all our markets. Digitalisation and our commitment to ESG principles are key enablers for our service. They help us deliver excellence to our stakeholders and creating a sustainable future for our clients, our communities and our people.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We stand together in nurturing a workplace that welcomes diverse thinking and inclusive behaviors.

Making all voices heard and leveraging "diversity of thought" regardless of gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, cultural background, we ensure sustainable growth and new business opportunities, a strong drive for innovation and creativity, as well as a general improvement of the work climate with positive impact on productivity, well-being and engagement of our people.

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