Jobs / Axpo group
Staff AI Platform Engineer (f/m/d)
Axpo group · Baden, AG, Switzerland
Baden, AG, SwitzerlandRemote
Remuneration
Employer pays 60% of pension contributions; full salary continuation during illness or accident; 16 weeks of maternity leave and 10 days of paternity leave at full pay; childcare reimbursement up to 20% (maximum CHF 4,800 per year); discounts on petrol, insurance, and mobile services; SwissPass contribution up to CHF 190.
Location
Baden, AG, Switzerland
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
Build and operate a secure, governed AI platform that gives teams controlled access to models and tools for production applications. Develop LLM routing, an MCP tool registry, identity and permissions, usage limits, tracing and audit, and deployment workflows with SSO and secure secrets handling. Harden isolated runtimes, support platform users, and evaluate open-weight models and European inference providers for an energy-sector environment.
Benefits
Up to 50% remote workEmployer pays 60% of pension contributionsFull salary continuation during illness or accidentMental health platform with five free psychologist sessions16 weeks of maternity leave at full pay10 days of paternity leave at full payChildcare reimbursement up to 20%, capped at CHF 4,800 per yearDiscounts on petrol, insurance, and mobile servicesSwissPass contribution up to CHF 190
Qualifications
- Several years of experience building and operating production systems.
- Strong Python and API skills, with experience in containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring.
- Experience building with AI models and interest in model governance, including access, data use, and usage controls.
- Able to write frontend code or willing to learn; communicates clearly and values documentation.
- Fluent in English; German is useful but not required.
- Familiarity with MCP, A2A, agent frameworks, evaluation tooling, Django, and Azure, or comparable frameworks and cloud platforms, is an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Set standards for AI usage and operate LLM routing, an MCP tool registry, identity and permissions, rate limits, team budgets, tracing, and audit.
- Build deployment workflows from repository to running, SSO-protected applications, including secrets handling, safe defaults, and an administration interface for non-technical users.
- Harden infrastructure with isolated runtimes, code analysis, vulnerability checks, restricted egress, and dropped privileges.
- Resolve platform issues, improve documentation, and convert recurring user feedback into product changes.
- Assess open-weight models and European inference providers and make suitable options available.
- Collaborate with product, security, cloud, and business teams to deliver production-ready capabilities.
Skills
AzureBashKubernetesPythonDockerGitHub ActionsIAMOktaOpenTelemetryPrometheusSnykVault
Languages
EnglishGerman
Work schedule
80–100% workloadFlexible working hours
Industry
Energy
Relocation
No