Artificial Intelligence Engineer

As AI Engineer at Bank J. Safra Sarasin within our newly established AI Center of Excellence (CoE), you will serve as a technical architect and contribute to build our private banking AI ecosystem. You will bridge the gap between high-level AI strategy and production-grade implementation, designing the core frameworks that power our Generative AI and Agentic initiatives., * Design and implement complex AI workflows using state-of-the-art orchestration frameworks such as LiteLLM, n8n, LangChain, LangGraph, and CrewAI to support stateful, multi-turn interactions

• Manage the integration of multi-model environments into enterprise ecosystems, optimizing for latency, cost, and token usage
• Architect high-performance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases like pgvector, or Azure AI Search to enhance model accuracy with proprietary banking data
• Implement a "security-first" design for AI infrastructure, ensuring data residency, privacy compliance, and secure on-premises or private cloud LLM deployments
• Lead the development of production-grade AI agents for task automation, such as auto-healing code agents or intelligent document search assistants
• Define DevOps and MLOps standards, CI/CD pipelines for AI models, and automated testing frameworks to ensure the reliability of AI in production

• University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of experience in software development and architecture, with a significant track record of delivering AI/ML solutions in complex, regulated environments (Finance, Insurance, or Healthcare)
• Expert-level knowledge of LLM integration, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning
• Highly proficient in Python, Java (Spring Boot), and/or Node.js
• Extensive experience with Cloud-native design (AWS/GCP/Azure), Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless architectures
• Strong understanding of data architecture, including SQL, NoSQL, and the management of manufacturing or transactional process data
• Familiarity with OT/IT security, IAM/PAM architecture, and secure data-sharing governance
• Fluency in English; other languages are an advantage

As a leading sustainable private bank, we offer dynamic and personalized services in investment advisory and asset management for private and institutional clients.Our success depends on the enthusiasm and commitment of our employees and we value each person with their unique technical expertise, professional qualifications and social skills. We are successfully operating for more than 180 years across 30 locations worldwide and offer our employees the chance to be a part of our success.Our employees are our most valuable asset, we are proud of our unique culture that fosters entrepreneurship and is fueled by a high team spirit andthe positive attitude of each individual. Join our international team and be part of the next chapter of the J. Safra Sarasin Group.