Senior Edge ML Engineer – Linux

The Formula Consulting

Senior Edge ML Engineer developing infrastructure for AI-driven drone detection applications. Collaborating with a tech-savvy team focused on innovation and in defense technology across Europe.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanySenior💰 €80,000 - €110,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoIoTKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Join a team of 35 tech sassy Internet of Things and Sensor Technology engineers.
Partnering with your team, you: run Machine Learning and AI models directly on local IoT sensors (rather than on cloud servers).
Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure for AI-driven applications and bring model inference onto drone detection devices.
Implement scalable, low-latency intelligence at the edge.
Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable fast and secure deployments.
Ensure system reliability, performance, security, low-latency predictions and offline operation in sensitive, mission-critical environments.
Work closely with ML engineers to deploy and scale models in production.
Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
Monitor systems, troubleshoot incidents, and continuously improve observability.
(if you want) support field operations by acquiring sensor data on site in Germany, Poland or Hungary and validating the technology through controlled field trials.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Due to to security regulations for this role, you have to hold citizenship of an EU Member State.
You are legally registered in an EU country.
Minimum of 8 years work experience within IT (e.g. Engineering).
Minimum 5 years full-time work experience as an Edge ML Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, SRE, or MLOps Engineer.
Minimum of 2 years work experience within sensor, IoT or hardware field.
Worked for at least three years for one and the same employer.
Broad Linux work experience.
Good knowledge of the embedded linux eco system.
Work experience with automated build systems like Yocto Project, Buildroot or PTXdist.
Very experienced in bash scripting.
Broad experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Microservices.
Expert knowledge of CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code.
Familiarity with security best practices in cloud and distributed systems.
Experience supporting data-heavy and AI/ML workloads.
Good cloud experience.
Fluent in English, any other spoken language is a plus.
Happy to work in defense.
Personality that thrives in a driven startup/scaleup environment.
Motivated to fully work hands-on and get your hands dirty in the systems.
Ideally worked with Golang.
Ideally worked with C/C++.
Ideally some understanding of Apache license obligations, including attribution, notice files, and compliant redistribution of builds and containers.
Ideally you are interested in travel and stay 2-3 days per quarter to Berlin, Munich or Poland or Hungary.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunity to use top-notch technology.
Be part of a group of tech sassy engineers.
Join the next unicorn in defense, that develops one of the first multinational drone early-warning systems.
Multinational, pragmatic and hands-on team with a strong focus on innovation.
100% free workplace policy: Come to the office in Berlin or Munich or work from home anywhere within the European Union.
Flexible working hours: There are some meetings but apart from this, work whenever is best for you.
30 days vacation.
Health insurance package.
Sports club membership.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Machine LearningAIEdge ML EngineeringDevOps EngineeringPlatform EngineeringSite Reliability EngineeringMLOps EngineeringBash scriptingKubernetesDocker

Soft Skills

team collaborationproblem-solvingmotivationadaptabilitycommunication