Backend Engineer - AI Platform (Sant Cugat del Vallès, España, Barcelona) at None

Backend Engineer - AI Platform

We are looking for a self-driven and team-oriented Backend Engineer to strengthen our internal AI foundations platform Apollo. The goal of Apollo is to facilitate the development of LLM- and Agentic AI applications. You will work as a member of the Apollo team to further expand this internal platform.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Be the Backend Engineer of Boehringer lngelheim's Apollo platform. You will design, build and support a highly available LLM and Agentic AI platform.
• Closely collaborate with the Apollo Product Owner and the architecture and engineering team members.
• Support different product lines of Apollo, such as the enterprise LLM API and a low-code/no-code agent development platform.
• Monitor and fix platform availability and performance issues as well as implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions to maximize platform availability during planned or unplanned outages.

Requirements 

• Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or in a comparable scientific course of studies or bachelor's degree with practical working experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes (OpenShift), and DevOps tools like Jenkins, Helm, Git.
• Strong Python development skills with expertise in FastAPI.
• Solid knowledge of robust testing strategies and their implementation (e.g., Pytest).
• Experience in the LLM/Agentic AI ecosystem and related technologies (e.g., Huggingface, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, LangChain, LiteLLM, Argilla, DeepEval, Qdrant or other vector databases) is beneficial.
• Experience in building and maintaining API based systems.
• Professional experience in an international IT environment is a plus.
• Working experience in pharmaceuticals or similar industries is a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English (oral and written); German is a plus.

#IamBoehringerIngelheim because…

We are continuously working to design the best experience for you. Here are some examples of how we will take care of you:

• Flexible working conditions
• Life and accident insurance
• Health insurance at a competitive price
• Investment in your learning and development
• Gym membership discounts

If you have read this far, what are you waiting for to apply? We want to know more about you!