
Senior Data and AI Engineer
Key Skills
Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW
As a Senior Data & AI Engineer at Miele X, you will join a team of four engineers responsible for the data platform supporting Miele’s e-commerce domain. You will play a key role in developing this platform and expanding it for an increasingly AI-driven way of working. You will design and build scalable data solutions, integrate new data sources and take ownership of key areas of our platform architecture and engineering standards.
AI engineering will be a core part of your role. You will shape the architecture of our agent platform, further develop AI agents and solutions, and lead the adoption of AI-native practices across our data processes. This includes designing how agents interact with data, tools and systems, as well as introducing agentic development practices that change how we build, operate and improve our data platform.
You will work closely with Data Analysts, Engineers and business stakeholders to translate data, AI and automation needs into robust technical solutions. As a senior member of the team, you will lead discussions and decisions around technical topics, establish engineering standards and drive continuous improvement in the way we build.
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY JOB
- Own and evolve our data platform: Take ownership of key areas of the platform architecture, deliver ELT pipelines and data models, and integrate internal and external data sources through APIs and other interfaces.
- Shape our AI and agent capabilities: Drive the technical direction of our agent platform, build AI agents and lead the adoption of AI-native practices across data engineering and data processes.
- Build applications and automations: Develop and maintain business-relevant applications and define the technical architecture for custom automation workflows.
- Turn business needs into solutions: Work closely with Data Analysts and business stakeholders to translate data, AI and automation needs into pragmatic technical solutions.
- Drive engineering standards: Define technical standards and best practices, lead architectural decisions and continuously improve the quality and maintainability of our solutions.
- Lead and enable others: Train and guide more junior team members, provide technical support and share knowledge across the team.
- Bring innovation into practice: Stay at the forefront of developments in data engineering, AI and software development and turn relevant developments into practical improvements to our platform and ways of working.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering or a comparable technical role, with experience taking ownership of complex technical solutions.
- Strong hands-on proficiency in SQL and Python, with the ability to design, review and improve production-grade code.
- Strong knowledge of data warehousing and data modelling, including designing scalable data structures and transformation processes.
- Experience designing and delivering ELT pipelines and data integrations, including integrations with APIs and external data sources.
- Hands-on experience with coding agents and AI-assisted development, combined with a strong ambition to apply and expand these capabilities across data engineering.
- Experience taking ownership of technical architecture and engineering standards, and the ability to lead and communicate pragmatic technical decisions.
- Experience working directly with Analysts and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- The ability and willingness to guide other engineers, review their work and share technical knowledge.
- A strong drive to develop further in AI engineering, experiment with emerging technologies and turn relevant developments into production-ready solutions.
Experience with Azure, Databricks, dbt and dltHub is a plus. These technologies form the core of our current data engineering stack. Experience building AI agents, agent platforms or AI-enabled applications is highly valued. You don’t need to bring deep experience across all these areas, but you should be motivated to rapidly develop your AI engineering capabilities and help shape how we apply them.
Core Responsibilities
You will own and evolve the data platform while shaping AI and agent capabilities to support e-commerce operations. Additionally, you will lead engineering standards, build automation workflows, and mentor junior team members.
Requirements
Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in data or software engineering with strong proficiency in SQL and Python. You should possess hands-on experience with data warehousing, ELT pipelines, and a strong ambition to develop AI-native engineering practices.
About Miele
Industry: Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Since being founded in 1899 Miele has followed its 'Immer Besser' brand promise. As the world’s leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances, we create delightful experiences – not only with regard to the quality of our products, but also in terms of performance, convenience, design and sustainability. For our customers, this means the peace of mind of knowing that choosing Miele is a good decision – and probably the decision of a lifetime. Our product portfolio includes kitchen appliances such as ovens, steam ovens, refrigerators, coffee machines and dishwashers as well as vacuum cleaners, washing machines and dryers. Dishwashers, washer-extractors and tumble dryers for commercial use as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilisers for use in medical applications augment this line-up. Miele is a family-run company in the fourth generation with eight production plants in Germany as well as one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Romania. The company is represented with its own sales subsidiaries and via importers in almost 100 countries. In the 2020 fiscal year, the Miele Group achieved sales of 4.5 bn, 6.5% more than in 2019. Miele employs around 20,944 people worldwide.