Our client is looking for an AI Engineer
Context of the mission
We are expanding our Data Insights & Analytics – Azure Data Platform (ADP) platform teams and are looking for a skilled AI Engineer to help us build and extend AI-focused platform capabilities and enablers for our users.
The delivery of these components is crucial to support our organizational data initiatives and platform roadmap in the AI age.
This is an opportunity to drive transformation by enabling our data engineering, data science and other data product teams to leverage the power of AI in their work and thereby derive greater value and insights from our data.
Mission period
- Start date: 1st July
- Duration: 6 months
- (Potential extension up to 2 years)
Language requirement
| Languages | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Mandatory | Preferable |
| English | 3 | 3 | 3 | x | |
| Dutch* | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | |
| French* | 1 | 1 | 1 | x |
1 = Basic – 2 = Good – 3 = Fluent
* Dutch or French are optional
Localization
- Hybrid (2 days in week in the office / 3 days remote)
- Either form Belgium, the Netherlands, Roumania or Greece
Level of education required
Bachelor Degree in Computer Sciences or equivalent trough experience
Required Knowledge and Experience
Personal Skills (soft skills)
Mandatory (years: medior 3-5)
- Excellent analytical and conceptual skills and a critical mindset
- Autonomous, proactive, structured, and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others
- Excellent verbal, and written communications skills, to include writing/editing of technical documentation for international audiences
- Knowledgeable in TCO analysis and scenario-based tradeoff evaluation to support decision-making and architectural choices.
- Flexible and motivated to learn new technologies and to stay abreast of innovative solutions
- Ability to translate complex problems and technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives, visuals, and frameworks
Business experience required (work experience)
Mandatory (years: medior 3-5)
- Strong experience in IT or relevant technical roles
- Ability to work within an Agile context
Preferable
- Experience in multinational or large-scale organisations
- Exposure to retail or supply chain environments
Functional experience required (job experience in particular industry and in particular function)
Mandatory (years: medior 3-5 / senior 6+)
- Between 3-7 years of relevant IT work experience
- Demonstrable understanding of AI and Machine Learning concepts and an awareness of the latest AI technologies
- Proven experience with incorporating AI functionalities into cloud solutions
- Experience working with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions align with organisational and business requirements
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices and continuous delivery pipelines
- You can lead / contribute to the reference architectures in your own domain
- You ensure that cost implications of technical components are factored into your designs
Preferable
- Knowledge of ITIL processes
- Experience with resolving complex technical challenges related to infrastructure, scalability, and governance of AI solutions
Technical experience required (job experience in particular industry and in particular function)
Mandatory (medior 3-5 / senior 6+)
- Between 3-7 years of relevant IT experience
- Experience of complex IT landscapes and large organizations
- Strong experience with Azure or another commercial cloud platform (e.g. AWS, GCP)
- Experience with Databricks (including Unity Catalog)
- Experience with existing AI features and functionalities available in modern cloud platforms and/or Databricks
Preferable
- Experience with existing AI features in Databricks
- Experience in the Retail industry
- Experience with Python, Git (GitHub and GitHub Actions) and Terraform
- Awareness of Agile methodologies (Scrum, DevOps) or SAFe
Objective of the job
The key responsibility of the AI Engineer in our Azure platform team is the development of AI enablers and capabilities, which can then be utilized by our data product and data science development teams to enhance the delivery of their AI use cases.
You would be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining AI features and architectural blueprints for the platform and ensuring that these solutions are scalable, secure, cost effective, and easy to use by development teams.
You would also help to set expectations in terms of best practices, safeguards, governance, and quality control.
You would partner with data engineers, data scientists, solution architects, platform automation engineers and product managers to develop AI solutions that will answer the needs of business teams and internal teams (Dev-AI accelerators).
You would primarily leverage the main technologies of our platform (Azure and Databricks) to build robust, cloud-native solutions that can integrate with Ahold Delhaize’s existing systems.
You would also align your work with organisational safeguards to ensure that AI tools and solutions implemented in ADP meet required standards of governance and approval.
