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.

Your Responsibilities

• 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

• Entrepreneurial spirit in a family owned bank
• Central city office locations across Switzerland
• Above average insurance coverage fully borne by the bank
• Contribution to health insurance and meal allowance
• Global growth strategy and stable environment
• Competitive offering