Department and Project
This position is within the Tolling Services team of Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Hungary. The team consists of IT professionals specializing in electronic road-charging solutions. Together with our partners, we develop and operate intelligent, kilometer-based tolling systems for international customers, covering the entire business process (vehicle registrations, country booking, providing On-Board Units, position data transmission, charge calculation, and fleet billing). Leveraging digital intelligence and advanced technology, our tolling solutions facilitate seamless mobility across Europe.
We're looking for a versatile AI Engineer who combines strong software engineering fundamentals with AI/ML expertise. You'll build production-ready, agentic AI solutions that are automated, scalable, and vendor-agnostic. This role emphasizes end-to-end ownership from design through deployment and operations.
Main tasks
As an AI Engineer:
- Software Engineering & Automation
- Write clean, maintainable Python code and automation scripts (bash/shell)
- Build CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for AI systems
- Create infrastructure as code and configuration management solutions (terraform)
- Develop APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- AI Solution Development
- Design and implement agentic AI systems with autonomous reasoning and tool use
- Build RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems and knowledge bases
- Develop multi-agent orchestration and coordination patterns
- Integrate LLMs with business logic and external systems
- Production Deployment & Operations
- Own the complete production deployment lifecycle
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions
- Create runbooks, deployment guides, and operational documentation
- Ensure security, scalability, and reliability of AI systems
- Architecture & System Design
- Design vendor-agnostic, portable AI architectures
- Make pragmatic build-vs-buy decisions for components
- Balance managed services with open-source alternatives
- Architect for multi-cloud compatibility where appropriate
- Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
- Work with operation managers to translate requirements into technical solutions
- Create clear documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Support demos, POCs, and customer presentations
- Share knowledge and best practices with the squad
Background and required skills:
- 4+ years in software engineering with strong Python and scripting skills
- 2+ years deploying and operating production systems (CI/CD, monitoring, incident response)
- 2+ years working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred, but multi-cloud awareness valued)
- 1-2+ years with LLMs, agentic AI, RAG systems, or production AI/ML systems
- Proven track record: Shipped AI systems to production with full automation and monitoring
Soft Skills & Team Fit
- Ownership mentality: Take responsibility for features from design through production operations
- Pragmatic problem-solver: Balance perfection with delivery, make informed trade-offs
- Clear communicator: Explain technical concepts to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Automation advocate: Default to "automate it" rather than "document the manual steps"
- Self-directed: Drive projects forward with minimal supervision
- Collaborative: Share knowledge, review code, support teammates
- Production-minded: Think about monitoring, security, scalability from the start
- Adaptable: Comfortable with ambiguity, changing requirements, and learning new technologies
- Quality-focused: Write clean code, comprehensive tests, and clear documentation
Advantage:
Advanced Agentic AI
- Experience with agent frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Strands)
- Agent memory systems (short-term, long-term, semantic memory)
- Agent evaluation and benchmarking methodologies
- Human-in-the-loop patterns for agent systems
- Agent safety, guardrails, and responsible AI practices
Domain Knowledge
- Experience in telecommunications or enterprise IT
- Log analysis and operational intelligence systems
- Document processing and information extraction
- Customer-facing AI solution delivery
* Please be informed that our remote working possibility is only available within Hungary due to European taxation regulation.