
AI Engineering Lead
Swiss Re
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Zurich • Switzerland
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Salary
💰 CHF 128,000 - CHF 192,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Shape, scale, and deliver high-impact AI products across the organization
- Lead and mentor a team of senior engineers, setting clear technical standards and fostering a culture of engineering excellence, learning, and ownership
- Act as a hands-on technical authority for AI systems, reviewing, challenging, and contributing to architecture, code, and implementation decisions
- Drive the design and implementation of scalable AI and ML platforms, including MLOps, data pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure
- Partner with AI Product Leads and business partners to ensure solutions are technically sound, deliver business value, and can be operated reliably at scale
- Oversee the end-to-end delivery lifecycle of the products, from experimentation and prototyping through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement
- Guide teams in applying modern AI techniques, including Generative AI, while ensuring robustness, security, explainability, and compliance
Requirements
- A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating production-grade AI or ML systems
- Strong proficiency in Python (or similar languages) and a deep understanding of good software engineering principles
- Solid hands-on knowledge of MLOps practices, including CI/CD for ML, model monitoring, versioning, and lifecycle management
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing
- Proven experience in technical leadership roles, including mentoring engineers and guiding complex technical decisions
- Experience leading AI or data engineering teams in a large, complex organization is a strong plus
- Experience with Generative AI, NLP, or other advanced AI techniques applied in real-world products is a strong plus
- Experience in the Insurance or Re-insurance industry is a strong plus.
Benefits
- Attractive performance-based variable compensation
- Access to a variety of global and location specific benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI productsML platformsMLOpsdata pipelinescloud-native infrastructurePythonCI/CD for MLmodel monitoringversioninglarge-scale data processing
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringengineering excellenceownershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makingguidanceculture fostering