About this role
For a long\-term project within a leading international financial institution in Basel, we are looking for an experienced Senior AI Engineer to join an Advanced Analytics \& AI team. Senior AI Engineer – Generative AI / LLM Job description: * Design and develop **AI\-driven applications and software architectures** using Python * Build and deploy **Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) applications** * Develop testing and evaluation methodologies for LLM\-based solutions * Work with **Azure OpenAI APIs** and related AI services * Develop **RAG and agent\-based AI solutions** for different business use cases * Explore, preprocess and integrate large structured and unstructured datasets * Build APIs and interfaces to integrate AI solutions into existing platforms * Ensure applications are production\-ready through **testing, CI/CD, monitoring and observability** * Monitor, maintain and continuously improve deployed AI applications * Collaborate closely with technical teams and business stakeholders About the customer: You will work alongside AI Engineers, Data Engineers and Quantitative Developers to design and build **production\-ready AI and Generative AI applications**. The role combines strong Python software engineering with hands\-on experience in LLMs, RAG, AI agents and modern cloud technologies. **Framework:** * **Location:** Basel, Switzerland * **Homeoffice**: 50% within Switzerland * **Workload:** 100% * **Start:** 1 December 2026 * **Duration:** 24 months * **Contract:** Temporary / Contract Requirements: * Around **5\+ years of professional Software Engineering experience**, with recent hands\-on experience as an **AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer or similar** * Strong **Python development** skills and experience building production\-grade applications * Proven experience developing and deploying **Generative AI / LLM solutions** * Hands\-on experience with **LangChain, LlamaIndex or comparable frameworks** * Experience with **prompt engineering and LLM evaluation** * Practical experience with **AI agents / agentic AI frameworks** * Familiarity with **RAG architectures and vector databases** such as ChromaDB or Weaviate * Experience with cloud environments, ideally **Microsoft Azure / Azure OpenAI** * Good understanding of CI/CD, monitoring, performance analysis and application support * Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics or a related field, or equivalent professional experience * Strong English communication skill **Nice to have:** * Experience with **FastAPI, Flask or Django** * Docker or other containerisation technologies * Streamlit or Plotly Dash * SQL and NoSQL databases * Graph databases and graph\-based data representations * Front\-end technologies such as React, Angular, JavaScript, HTML and CSS * Previous experience within **banking or financial services** * Contributions to AI/ML open\-source projects or relevant AI certifications * Master's or PhD in a relevant technical field This is an opportunity to join a highly specialised **Advanced Analytics \& AI environment** and work on modern Generative AI solutions with a strong focus on real\-world, production\-grade applications. The position offers a **long\-term 24\-month engagement in Basel**, working at the intersection of software engineering, Generative AI and financial technology. j4id10418147a j4it0940a j4iy26a