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Senior Data Engineer – AI Discovery Pilot Project (m/f/d)

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Key facts

Start
[Start]
Duration
[Duration]
Work mode
Remote
Location
Germany (remote)
Workload
100 %
Contract type
Freelance · Expert

Project description

A company in the rail infrastructure/mobility sector is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for an AI pilot project to develop and operate the underlying data pipelines and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Implementation of data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and delivering structured and unstructured data for a pilot application in an AWS environment
  • Implementation of tests, validation mechanisms, and monitoring functions for data pipelines and the target application
  • Analysis and resolution of technical issues (DevOps)
  • Setup, further development, and operation of CI/CD pipelines for the automated deployment of software components
  • Execution of deployments, version management, and release support for the technical solution components
  • Configuration and optimization of cloud and platform resources to ensure stable and high-performance operation
  • Implementation of non-functional requirements regarding logging, monitoring, traceability, and operational security
  • Creating and maintaining technical documentation on data flows, pipelines, deployments, and operational processes
  • Close coordination with AI and data science colleagues to ensure the productive deployment and integration of developed models

Requirements

Must-have

These criteria are required for the project.

  • Practical experience in the design, development, and deployment of AI systems and LLM solutions, including vector databases and MLOps/observability processes (e.g., AWS Bedrock)
  • Several years of experience in software and backend development using Python, REST APIs (e.g., FastAPI), and databases
  • Cloud & DevOps experience: AWS infrastructure, containerization (Docker), CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or AWS CDK/CloudFormation)
  • Experience developing production-ready web interfaces with JavaScript/TypeScript based on Figma wireframes
  • Experience with large data sets, as well as data cleaning, transformation, and preparation using Python and SQL
  • Practical experience in agile software development (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe), including structured technical documentation

Nice-to-have

Not required, but a plus for your application.

  • Project experience in the field of rail transportation or mobility companies
  • Experience implementing IT security standards in enterprise environments (e.g., OIDC/SSO such as Azure AD/Entra ID, secrets management, TLS/CORS, GDPR compliance)

Skills

  • Python
  • LLM
  • FastAPI
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • SQL

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