Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Software, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Aachen
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will lead a hybrid engineering team to develop and operate cutting-edge AI platforms, focusing on cloud architecture, model deployment, and automation for production services.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Deluxe is building a new AI Engineering & Platform team in Aachen, Germany to support the next generation of AI-powered media, localization, automation, and workflow capabilities.
- The Director, AI Engineering & Platform will lead this team and will be responsible for building, operating, and evolving the technical foundation for production AI services across Deluxe.
- This is a senior hands-on leadership role for someone who can build and run a high-performing engineering team, deliver complex AI platform and integration projects, and provide technical direction across cloud infrastructure, model deployment, AI services, agentic workflows, and production operations.
- In addition to leading delivery and operations, this person will continuously evaluate emerging AI technologies, model providers, open-source frameworks, agentic workflow patterns, and industry capabilities.
- They will be expected to make clear recommendations on where Deluxe should build, buy, partner, or integrate in order to improve speed, quality, cost, automation, and product differentiation.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage distributed teams across locations and time zones.
- Strong technical background in cloud architecture, software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or AI/ML engineering.
- Strong understanding of modern AI architectures, model-serving patterns, APIs, data pipelines, and applied AI integration.
- Ability to evaluate technical options, make pragmatic recommendations, and communicate tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with U.S.-based leadership while operating independently from Germany.
Experience
- Significant experience leading engineering teams responsible for cloud platforms, AI/ML systems, data platforms, workflow automation, or production software systems.
- Experience delivering production systems that require reliability, monitoring, automation, security, and operational ownership.
- Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
- Experience leading complex technical programs from planning through production deployment and ongoing operations.
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What we offer
- The role will lead a hybrid engineering team based primarily in Aachen while also managing and collaborating with engineers in other Deluxe locations, including the United States.
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This is your employer
Deluxe Media Inc.
Deluxe Media Inc. is an internationally operating service company that supports the media and entertainment industry with high-quality solutions for content creators and distributors such as Netflix, Disney, and Amazon. With over 3,500 experienced professionals, the company offers comprehensive services in global content distribution, localization, mastering, and accessibility. The company's headquarters is located in Burbank, California, and it has locations in Germany and Austria.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Media, Publishing
Director, AI Engineering & Platform
- Location
- Aachen
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
