Lead AI Engineer (m/f/x)

Job Description:

Job Title Lead AI Engineer (m/f/x)

Location Dublin, Ireland

Corporate Title Vice President

Deutsche Bank’s Innovation team identifies, evaluates, and incubates cutting-edge technical innovation. It is part of the Chief Strategy Office of the bank’s Technology, Data & Innovation (TDI) function and works globally with all business lines and infrastructure functions of the bank. A focus of the team is to create value for clients and the bank using Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLM) and other advanced data-driven technologies.  

As a Lead AI Engineer (m/f/x) in the Innovation team of the TDI Chief Strategy Office you will lead technical teams to identify, evaluate, and execute data- and AI-driven innovation projects.

What we’ll offer you

Hybrid Working

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• Minimum of 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of additional benefits including TaxSaver Travel Scheme, Bike4work and Retail Discounts
• The opportunity to support a wide-ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Designing and building high-quality software products that use AI and other advanced data-driven technologies to create sustainable value for the Bank
• Practicing hands-on and servant technical leadership, enabling, supporting, and guiding your team of engineers. Staying close to the code and jump in to solve the hardest problems
• Responsible for the technical delivery of innovation projects and act as a trusted advisor to your team and the bank
• Working in a cross-functional team using your technical expertise to identify, evaluate and execute data- and AI-driven innovation projects
• Contributing to identifying and evaluating applications of these technologies by providing your technical insight to your team and other stakeholders across the Bank
• Communicating technical concepts and results effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, and measure success by the business value your solutions generate

Your skills and experience

• University degree in a technical or quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, etc.) (or equivalent)
• Experience in applying AI, machine learning and/or data science in business and/or academia
• Several years of experience in leading technical teams that develop high-quality, production-grade software
• Strong knowledge of Python and ideally one other programming language, as well as relevant data science or engineering frameworks (e.g., scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Spark, LangChain etc.)
• Knowledge of GCP or another major cloud platform. You live and breathe principles of good engineering, architecture and professional software development. Experience building solutions that leverage LLMs
• Comfortable working with and managing uncertainty, ambiguity and different levels of stakeholders. You should feel just as comfortable presenting the pros and cons of a new architecture to senior management as you are debugging a cryptic error message with your team

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunity’s employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g., screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards.

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named a The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.