Forward Deployed Engineer (AIF)(m/f/d)

Allianz seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to integrate AI into real business processes. The FDE collaborates with Allianz Operating Entities (OEs) and the ecosystem to build production-ready AI solutions. This involves adapting existing Minimum Viable Solutions (MVS) and AI Building Blocks or creating custom components tailored to the OEs' needs. The FDE's main responsibilities include working with local and global domain experts to understand and translate problems into AI solutions. They reuse and extend MVS/AI Building Blocks to design and implement custom services, integrations, and agents. The role involves shipping solutions across different stacks, ensuring security, compliance, and reliability, and setting up CI/CD, containerization, and IaaC as needed. Additionally, the FDE documents, operationalizes, and scales solutions by contributing new patterns to a central building-block catalogue. To excel in this role, candidates must have a strong background as a software engineer with experience in shipping production code across various stacks, including backend, frontend, data, and ops. Comfort in operating in unfamiliar codebases and domains is essential, as is practical experience with cloud-native stacks and DevOps. Knowledge of the modern data/AI stack, including Python, APIs, and vector databases, is required. Strong collaboration and communication skills are crucial for effective pairing with an AI Engagement Manager and thorough documentation. Nice-to-have skills include a prompt-first mindset and the ability to integrate LLM/agent frameworks. The role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic team environment, contributing to the development of AI solutions that drive business value. What the role asks for: - Hands-on software engineer experience - Comfort in unfamiliar codebases, domains, and partner environments - Practical experience with cloud-native stacks and DevOps - Working knowledge of the modern data/AI stack - Strong collaboration and communication skills - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent professional experience