ml engineer for editorial AI applications

Описание

DIE ZEIT is a leading provider of quality print and online journalism in text and images, data visualizations, and digital storytelling. It offers analytical coverage of world events, opinionated commentary, visual design, podcasts, and video formats.

Задачи

• Design, develop, and operate AI and NLP applications from initial ideas through architecture decisions to production
• Extend applications, deploy them in Docker and Kubernetes environments, monitor them, and analyze and resolve operational errors
• Review human-written and AI-generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, and performance; identify errors, complexity, and security risks
• Select, adapt, and optimize language models, particularly LLMs and open-source models
• Analyze data for algorithm and method development and evaluate the quality of AI results
• Contribute product ideas, follow technical trends in AI, NLP, and AI-assisted software development, and test new approaches with prototypes
• Collaborate with colleagues in editorial, product, and technology teams
• Help other teams integrate AI solutions and share best practices for using AI tools

Требования

• Degree in computer science, computational linguistics, data science, or a comparable field, or equivalent qualifications gained through relevant work experience
• Practical experience in software development and AI/NLP
• Strong practical knowledge of NLP and machine learning, particularly text embeddings, classification, and transformer architectures
• Experience with LLMs and open-source models, particularly in agent-based systems
• Strong Python skills and experience with Hugging Face, scikit-learn, or PyTorch
• Proficiency with SQL databases, shell, and Docker; Kubernetes experience is desirable
• Confident but critical use of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or Cursor
• Practical experience with code reviews and manual and automated testing
• Ability to understand and systematically evaluate unfamiliar and AI-generated code, improving its quality, security, maintainability, and test coverage
• Analytical, solution-oriented, and careful approach; critical evaluation of results; responsibility for work quality and security; creativity, flexibility, initiative, curiosity, and willingness to learn
• Interest in the media industry, quality journalism, and the societal impact of AI
• Enjoyment of teamwork, clear communication, ability to explain complex technical topics understandably, and confidence in giving and receiving constructive feedback

Условия

Initially limited to two years 36 Hours per week Flexible working, with part of the week available from home; editorial meetings are hybrid, and the whole editorial team meets once a month Internal and external training opportunities and a mentoring program Onboarding and buddy program Central Berlin office near Potsdamer Platz with public transport connections Travel cost subsidy and bike leasing