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Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs

Posted 27 Aug 2026

AI Engineer

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Employment
Full time
Team
Software Engineering
Posted
27 Aug 2026

About the role

Responsibilities:

  • Design and develop autonomous AI agents using modern Agentic AI frameworks.
  • Build and optimise Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for enterprise use cases.
  • Develop LLM-powered applications using APIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, or open-source models.
  • Implement prompt engineering strategies to improve response quality and reliability.
  • Build multi-agent workflows for complex task orchestration.
  • Integrate AI agents with enterprise systems, APIs, databases, and business workflows.
  • Evaluate AI models using automated evaluation frameworks and establish quality benchmarks.
  • Develop scalable backend services for AI applications using Python and FastAPI.
  • Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and performance optimisation for AI systems.
  • Work closely with product managers and engineering teams to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions.
  • Stay updated with emerging advancements in LLMs, Agentic AI, and Generative AI technologies.


Requirements:

  • 3.6-5 years of software development experience with strong expertise in Python.
  • Hands-on experience with Agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar.
  • Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI concepts.
  • Experience building RAG applications using vector databases.
  • Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, FAISS, or Milvus.
  • Knowledge of embeddings, semantic search, chunking, and retrieval optimisation.
  • Strong prompt engineering skills.
  • Experience with FastAPI or similar backend frameworks.
  • Good understanding of REST APIs and microservices architecture.
  • Experience with Git and modern software development practices.
  • Familiarity with Docker and containerised deployments.


Good-to-Have Skills:

  • Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP).
  • Knowledge of AI evaluation frameworks such as DeepEval, Ragas, LangSmith, or Promptfoo.
  • Experience with LlamaIndex.
  • Familiarity with Hugging Face ecosystem and open-source LLMs.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
  • Understanding of Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Langfuse, Phoenix, or MLflow.
  • Knowledge of AI safety, guardrails, and responsible AI practices.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
  • Passion for emerging AI technologies and continuous learning.

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