Senior AI Engineer

About the role

Airbus Defence and Space Romania is looking for a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer to design, build, integrate and deploy production‑grade AI‑powered software. The role focuses on turning AI proof‑of‑concepts into scalable services for security‑related projects such as intelligence, data processing and surveillance.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate technical feasibility, translate client requirements into secure micro‑service architectures and provide effort estimates.
• Design and implement multi‑component micro‑services, REST/FastAPI endpoints and autonomous agentic systems with generative AI pipelines.
• Mentor junior engineers, participate in recruitment and define coding standards.
• Manage Kubernetes deployments, CI/CD pipelines and container lifecycles, optimizing GPU/CPU utilization.
• Scout emerging AI technologies to continuously improve the team’s stack.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience with AI implementations.
• Strong background in AI principles, deep‑learning frameworks and Python.
• Experience building secure, scalable APIs and containerised applications.
• Ability to work in a multicultural, security‑focused environment.

Required skills

• Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch
• FastAPI / REST, SOLID OOP design
• Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, Helm, OpenShift
• LangChain, Google ADK, vLLM, vector databases (Qdrant, Milvus)
• CUDA optimization, TensorRT/Triton inference serving
• NLP, Computer Vision, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines

What we offer

• Exciting security and intelligence projects in a global tier‑1 defence company.
• Continuous education, competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.