Applied AI Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Applied AI Engineer (Fintech): Building and integrating AI tools, agents, and automations across business functions with an accent on connecting LLMs to internal systems via MCP and creating high-impact workflows. Focus on acting as in-house AI consultant, coaching teams on prompt engineering, and navigating compliance in a regulated environment.

Location: Based in Berlin (mandatory). English required; German a plus.

Company

Fintech providing an easy-to-integrate Investment API for businesses to offer investment products, partnered with leading European fintechs like Revolut and N26, with 270+ professionals from 70+ nationalities.

What you will do

• Own AI implementation by identifying leverage points, selecting tooling like Claude and n8n, and shipping solutions integrated with internal APIs and data via MCP.
• Build end-to-end automations and lightweight integrations for high-impact opportunities across engineering, operations, and client-facing teams.
• Act as in-house AI consultant: run discovery sessions, coach on prompt engineering, write playbooks, and drive adoption with non-technical stakeholders.
• Navigate data privacy, compliance, and audit requirements in a BaFin/FCA regulated environment.
• Define ROI, iterate pragmatically, and connect technical work to business outcomes.

Requirements

• Based in Berlin (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience shipping AI agents and automations with n8n; MCP experience connecting LLMs to tools/APIs/data.
• 5+ years in scale-up as solutions engineer, technical consultant, or AI product engineer; regulated industry like fintech.
• Coaching non-technical teams on AI; business acumen, stakeholder skills, and pragmatism in shipping vs. over-engineering.
• English required.

Nice to have

• German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• €20,000 annual budget for best-in-class AI tools.
• €1,500 annual training budget; 30 days annual leave; sports benefits; professional coaching.
• Competitive above-market salary and employee equity program.
• Flexible work: remote abroad up to 183 days/year; team events like UpFest, offsites, dinners.
• Values: Make it easy for others, own the outcome, rise to the challenge, tell the story.