Enterprise AI Architect & Agentic Platform Lead (AI)

Location: Garching, Bavaria, Germany. Hybrid work environment with most office-based roles onsite three days a week; up to 25% domestic and international travel.

Annual gross base salary: €138,550–€179,300.

Company

hirify.global develops integrated technology platforms and solutions across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation markets.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of AI Platform Engineers, Solution Architects, and Agent Developers.
• Set organizational priorities, resource plans, delivery roadmaps, engineering standards, KPIs, and operational metrics.
• Own the availability, scalability, performance, security, and continuous improvement of the Enterprise AI platform.
• Define enterprise AI reference architecture, integration standards, governance forums, and operational controls.
• Coordinate planning with Data, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Digital Workplace, and business leaders.
• Manage budgets, technology investments, vendor relationships, hiring, mentoring, and succession planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, with 6+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, software architecture, or platform engineering.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, APIs, data platforms, security architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong knowledge of AI application architecture, agent-based systems, retrieval-augmented generation, orchestration frameworks, vector databases, and modern AI development ecosystems.
• Experience defining architecture standards, governance frameworks, evaluation methodologies, observability practices, and operational controls.
• Proven experience managing engineering or architecture teams, including teams of 4+ engineers or architects.
• Experience with operational planning, roadmaps, vendor relationships, technology investments, and translating business strategy into technical execution.

Nice to have

• Experience with Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar AI and cloud ecosystems.
• Cloud architecture, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, or AI-related certifications.
• Experience scaling enterprise AI engineering organizations and managing globally distributed teams.
• Experience with responsible AI, model risk management, AI governance, and compliance frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment balancing flexibility with in-person collaboration.
• Employee discounts on hirify.global and Samsung products, including JBL, hirify.global Kardon, and AKG.
• Learning and development opportunities through hirify.global University programs.
• Inclusive environment supporting professional and personal development.
• Benefits may include paid time off, holidays, leave programs, health and wellbeing support, and retirement or savings plans, depending on the country and employment arrangement.