AI Engineer

• Continuously assess state-of-the-art AI models, platforms and solutions (e.g. frontier foundation models, open-weight models, multimodal systems).
• Understand current AI technology (training, inference, tokenization, embeddings, context windows, fine-tuning, adapters).
• Evaluate strengths, limitations, trade-offs, and risks of different AI approaches for Teufel use cases.

Bridging IT & Business Domains

• Act as the technical translator and advisor between IT and business stakeholders using or requesting AI capabilities
• Support PoCs and pilots with a clear path to production readiness.
• Provide technical guidance and guardrails for AI usage in departments.

Data Integration

• Define and implement best practices for AI integration.
• Evaluate and integrate AI related protocols and standards (e.g. MCP, UCP, etc.).
• Collaborating closely with our Data Engineering team to make data available to selected AI tools (e.g. via RAG)
• Ensure data quality, lineage, access control, and auditability.

AI Platform & Tooling Ownership

• Design and maintain Teufel's AI solution architecture including

1. Platforms
2. Tools & Agents
3. Models
4. API gateways
5. Monitoring, logging, cost control

• Work closely with IT Security and Compliance on governance, privacy, EU AI Act, GDPR, NIS2 implications.

• Strong background in IT, Software engineering, Data engineering, or Cloud Architecture
• Deep understanding of Modern AI / ML concepts (LLMs, transformers, diffusion, multimodal models)
• Practical knowledge of vector databases, embedding strategies, search & retrieval systems, prompt orchestration frameworks
• Hands-on experience with Cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures
• Python and/or similar programming languages
• Ability to explain AI behavior and risks to non-AI experts-without oversimplifying
• Professional communication skills in English, German skills are a plus

• A long-term employment contract with 30 days' vacation per year and an additional 1 day off for birthdays and up to 2 days off for social commitment
• Hybrid working on site and from home office with flexible working hours for a good work-life balance
• Attractive benefits such as a subsidy for public transport tickets, a job bike, a variety of sports offers, mental health offers and of course a discount on our Teufel products
• A modern workspace in an excellent location
• A friendly team with a shared passion for first-class sound
• The dynamism of a start-up combined with the many years of experience of a successful medium-sized company
• In-house development engineered in Berlin