Jobs / Austrian Institute of Technology

Senior AI Platform Engineer (f/m/d) (Full-Time / Part-Time)

Austrian Institute of Technology · Wien, W, Austria
Wien, W, AustriaExp: 5-7 yrs66,598-? EURRemote
Remuneration
Health insurance, paid time off, and retirement plans
Location
Wien, W, Austria
Visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship
You should be eligible for working in Austria.

Job summary

The Senior AI Platform Engineer builds and operates an automated AI compute platform on on-premise GPU and high-performance computing infrastructure for AI workloads. The role designs scalable LLM inference and fine-tuning services, including model serving, GPU scheduling, and self-service APIs, and supports production Kubernetes platforms and distributed systems.

Benefits

Health insurancePaid time offRetirement plansProfessional growth and development

Qualifications

  • 5–7 years of industry experience in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering, including at least 2 years building ML or AI platforms
  • Production Kubernetes experience and expertise in scalable distributed systems and APIs
  • Hands-on experience with LLM model serving and inference optimization, such as vLLM or Triton
  • Strong Python programming skills; Go or another backend language is an advantage
  • Experience with ML training and fine-tuning pipelines, experiment tracking, and model registries such as MLflow or Kubeflow
  • Understanding of GPU workloads, object storage, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and CI/CD
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision
  • Fluent English communication
  • Eligibility to work in Austria
  • HPC and batch scheduler experience, such as SLURM, is an advantage
  • Experience with parameter-efficient fine-tuning, distributed training, or multi-tenant platforms is an advantage

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate an automated B2B AI compute platform on on-premise GPU and HPC infrastructure
  • Design and operate scalable LLM inference and fine-tuning services
  • Develop model-serving, GPU-scheduling, and self-service API capabilities

Skills

GoKubernetesPython

Degrees

Degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent professional experi

Languages

English

Work schedule

Full-time or part-timeFlexible schedule

Industry

Artificial intelligenceHigh-performance computing

Contract length

Limited-duration position through June 2028; extension may be possible

Relocation

No