EU remote
Forward Deployed AI Engineer (m/f/d)
About this role
ABOUT US: Sportradar is a sports data and technology company. As Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you work like an internal consultant: you are placed in a department or business unit, talk with the people there, find the real problems, cut through complexity, simplify how work is done, and then build and ship LLM and agent-based solutions. You work largely independently with little day-to-day supervision, find your way through organisational complexity and competing priorities to get things done, and learn fast.
Senior engineers are available for guidance. THE CHALLENGE: Talk with colleagues in your department to understand workflows, pain points and data. Identify problems worth solving and break unclear or cluttered situations into clear, manageable steps. Streamline and simplify processes, and propose where an AI solution makes sense and where it does not. Work with several stakeholders and competing priorities, and keep your work moving pragmatically.
Build, test and deploy LLM-powered applications and agents, from prototype to production. Implement retrieval (RAG), tool integrations, prompts and context handling. Build and run evaluations (test sets, automated checks, quality dashboards) and use the results to improve solutions. Build and maintain data pipelines that feed these systems. Plan your own work, give regular updates and document solutions. ABOUT YOU: Around 2+ years of software engineering or applied ML experience, or equivalent project experience.
Clear communication with non-technical colleagues; able to explain technical topics simply. Self-motivation and the ability to work independently with little supervision. Pragmatic approach to organisational complexity and competing priorities. Structured approach to finding problems and simplifying complexity. Solid Python and software engineering fundamentals (testing, version control, APIs). Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and a project using RAG or agents, including some evaluation.
Familiarity with SQL or data pipelines and with a cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP). Nice to have Consulting, internship or stakeholder-facing project experience. Working model Based in Leipzig. Some travel between Sportradar offices may be required. OUR OFFER: A collaborative environment with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and the US) including various social events and teambuilding.