Forward Deployment Engineer - Applied AI

Erste Bank

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In this role, you will develop practical AI solutions, analyze workflows, and optimize processes in close collaboration with users to achieve measurable results in business.

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Your role in the team

  • Möchten Sie mehr tun, als nur mit KI zu experimentieren, und sie tatsächlich in die Praxis umsetzen?
  • Are you passionate about artificial intelligence and eager to experience the tangible value it can create in everyday work?
  • As a Forward Deployment Engineer, you will collaborate directly with teams across a wide range of business functions.
  • You will analyze existing ways of working, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop practical AI-driven solutions together with end users.
  • This role is not about theoretical concepts. It is about delivering real impact.
  • You will experiment, build prototypes, validate them through real-world use cases, and continuously refine them in close collaboration with users.
  • To do so, you will leverage tools such as Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Agents, ChatGPT and ChatGPT Work, as well as Databricks One and Agent Bricks.
  • Learn about different teams and their ways of working, conduct interviews, and identify meaningful AI use cases.
  • Zusammenarbeit mit Endbenutzern, um praktische AI-gestützte Workflows zu entwerfen und Prompts, Anweisungen, Wissensquellen, Konnektoren und Agenten zu konfigurieren.
  • Test prototypes using realistic business scenarios, continuously refine them through iteration, and successfully deploy them together with the teams.
  • Analyze the actual usage of your solutions and evaluate their impact on efficiency, quality, turnaround times, and employee experience.
  • Work responsibly within the frameworks of data protection, information security, AI governance, and human-in-the-loop principles, while actively sharing insights and learnings with the AI community.

Our expectations of you

Education

  • A portfolio that showcases how you work, for example through AI projects, automations, prototypes, open-source contributions, university or educational projects, or creative experiments.
  • A degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Business Informatics, or a related field is beneficial but not required.

Qualifications

  • Strong passion for AI and genuine curiosity to continuously explore, experiment with, and rethink new tools, models, and use cases.
  • Strong analytical thinking, an interest in business processes, and the ability to develop pragmatic solutions to real-world challenges.
  • Excellent communication skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work effectively across diverse teams, even in situations with incomplete information.
  • A responsible approach to working with data and AI, along with excellent English skills.
  • German language proficiency at a minimum B2 level (or equivalent) is required for the performance of the role.
  • Additional Erste Group languages are considered an advantage.

Experience

  • Experience with, or a solid understanding of, how prompts, instructions, and AI-powered workflows are designed, tested, and continuously improved.

What we offer

  • A dynamic role at the intersection of AI, business processes, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Direkter Einblick in eine Vielzahl von Geschäftsbereichen und die Möglichkeit, gemeinsam mit Endnutzern Lösungen zu entwickeln.
  • Kurze, fokussierte Einsätze mit sichtbarem Einfluss auf die tägliche Arbeit.
  • The opportunity to turn your own ideas into practical solutions and measure their real-world impact.
  • Collaboration with experts across AI, Data, IT, Architecture, Risk, Legal, and Security.
  • An environment that supports both your professional growth and personal development.
  • For this position, we offer a gross annual salary starting at 46,300.00 Euro (full-time).
  • Your actual salary will be based on your qualifications, experience, and individual fit for the role.
  • We offer our employees the opportunity to divide their hours between working from home and at the office.
  • We consider the diversity of our employees as key to innovation and success.

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About your employer

The Erste Bank forms together with the savings banks one of the largest banking groups in Austria.

Language
English
Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite, Hybrid, Full Remote
Industry
Banking, Finance, Insurance

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Forward Deployment Engineer - Applied AI

Erste Bank