Junior AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineer

About the role

Verian is seeking a Junior AI Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer to build and deploy AI solutions alongside researchers, project teams and clients. This hands‑on role sits at the intersection of AI engineering, applied research and real‑world problem solving, offering early‑career professionals the chance to work on societal impact projects.

Key responsibilities

• AI engineering and agentic systems: Build LLM applications and agentic workflows for research and analysis, including tool integrations and human oversight.
• Solution scoping and experimentation: Define problems, test alternative architectures such as agentic RAG, GraphRAG, single‑ or multi‑agent systems, and balance quality, reliability and cost.
• Technical implementation and testing: Turn prototypes into reliable, deployable tools, build pipelines, APIs and interfaces, and ensure performance and monitoring.
• Research and analysis: Collaborate with policy researchers to apply AI and data‑science methods, validate results and contribute to analytical outputs.
• Client engagement and communication: Work with project teams and clients to gather requirements, demonstrate solutions and support adoption.

Required profile

• Degree in computer science, AI, data science, statistics, computational social sciences, economics or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Demonstrated experience building and testing AI applications or analytical workflows through studies, projects or internships.
• Strong programming foundation in Python and willingness to work with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Curiosity about AI research, ability to evaluate new approaches with evidence, and interest in public‑policy questions.
• Professional proficiency in English and ability to take ownership of well‑scoped work while seeking guidance.

Required skills

• Python programming.
• JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Working with APIs.
• Version‑control systems (e.g., Git).

What we offer

• Salary €1,800 – €2,800 gross per month, depending on experience.
• Flexible working: remote‑working options and no fixed office hours (hybrid model).
• Private employee health insurance (for office‑based staff), extra days off and access to the Mindletic Emotional Intelligence Training App.