Job
- Level
- Senior
- Location
- Frankfurt
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Job Field
- Software, Data
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
You shape the AI architecture at Frankfurt Airport, implement critical use cases, and lead internal and external teams in developing scalable solutions using Azure and Databricks.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- You actively shape the AI architecture of Frankfurt Airport, embed it organization-wide, and consistently implement it in business-critical areas through your own execution into the productive application.
- You identify and prioritize business-critical AI use cases and steer their implementation with a clear focus on impact, scalability, and sustainable business impact.
- In this role, you will take on the technical leadership of internal and external teams, set a clear direction, and ensure targeted, efficient implementation.
- You support the IT product areas in integrating AI into existing solutions, systematically raise the level of expertise, and empower teams to implement independently.
- You develop and are responsible, in close collaboration with IT architects, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers, for scalable cloud and AI architectures based on Azure and Databricks platform components, while always keeping the big picture in mind.
- You take the lead on strategically relevant topics and work hands-on on selected use cases (e.g., GenAI in administrative processes, computer vision in baggage handling systems or the apron, machine learning in flight operations), which you are responsible for from the idea stage to productive scaling.
- You set clear guidelines for architecture, standards, and governance, and embed Infrastructure-as-Code as well as DevOps practices to ensure a stable, scalable, and efficient AI operation in line with the requirements for critical infrastructure (KRITIS), security, compliance, and enterprise architecture.
- You optimize the deployment of GenAI solutions in terms of performance, cost, and token efficiency, thereby ensuring responsible and productive operation.
- You act as the central interface between strategy and implementation, ensuring that concepts are transformed into concrete, scalable, and actively used AI solutions.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You communicate complex technical topics confidently, clearly, and appropriately for the audience, fostering understanding and acceptance across all levels - from operational staff (e.g., front-line) to management and C-level executives in both German and English, with negotiation skills.
- You possess a strong hands-on mentality, high initiative, and decisiveness, and you take responsibility even in unclear situations.
- You have demonstrably built scalable AI solutions and platform approaches (e.g., Infrastructure-as-Code, standardized templates, reusable components).
- You have a deep understanding of modern AI architectures, especially in the interplay of data, models, services, and applications.
Experience
- You have several years of experience in designing and implementing AI and data architectures in complex corporate environments and have successfully led projects independently.
- You have experience in technical team leadership as well as in managing complex implementations involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- You have extensive experience in building and operating modern AI platforms as well as in deploying relevant technologies (e.g., Azure, Databricks, Python, SQL, Spark, GenAI frameworks) while considering security, compliance, and governance requirements in regulated corporate environments.
- You possess solid knowledge of established best practices for operating AI systems (e.g., evaluation, monitoring, feedback loops, guardrails, governance) and experience in cross-functional collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
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What we offer
- An attractive salary with an annual bonus.
- Nationwide mobility thanks to the Germany Ticket.
- Free on-site parking, company bike.
- Company cafeterias with discounted prices.
- Company pension scheme, anniversary payments, and supplementary insurance.
- Company sports, fitness studio, and health consulting.
- Child and holiday care.
- Discounts (fuel, travel, holiday parking, airport shops, corporate benefits).
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About Your Employer
Fraport AG
Wir, die Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, sind Eigentümerin und Betreiberin eines der größten europäischen Verkehrsflughäfen und der größte deutsche Airport-Konzern. Flexibilität, Präsenz und Kundenorientierung im globalen Netzwerk des Luftverkehrs sind unsere Stärken.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Logistics, Transportation
Senior AI Architect - Enterprise AI & Platforms
- Location
- Frankfurt
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
