AI Engineer (m/f/d)

• Professional experience
• IT
• Full-time

DEMECAN – Cultivating Quality of Life.
DEMECAN stands for German Medicinal Cannabis. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for patients by providing access to medical cannabis of "Made in Germany" quality. As an innovative company in a regulated environment, we are shaping the future not only in production but also in our internal processes and digital solutions. We are currently seeking support for our Berlin
office in building our AI Lab .

Your role:
As an AI Engineer, you are the technical backbone of our AI Lab. You develop AI applications that create real added value in the daily work of our employees, from the initial idea to the productive solution.
Your focus is on integrating existing AI services into business processes, rapidly building prototypes, and the technical implementation of use cases that are prioritized together with the Product Manager. You work closely with users and the business, quickly translating potential into working solutions.

What you can expect:

• The opportunity to actively participate in the development of an AI Lab within a growing company.
• High level of personal responsibility and plenty of scope to quickly put ideas into practice.
• A challenging environment with concrete use cases and visible business impact
• Close collaboration with specialist departments, product management and relevant stakeholders
• A pragmatic, appreciative and implementation-oriented work culture
• Modern working environment with flexible working hours and the option to work remotely.

Our benefits

• Monthly €50 voucher with a wide selection of providers
• Dog-friendly office
• Urban Sports Club Membership
• Occupational pension scheme
• Kindergarten/daycare subsidy
• 30 days of vacation plus special leave days
• Individual training and development opportunities

What you bring:

• Completed university degree, ideally in computer science, software engineering, data science, machine learning or a comparable field.
• 3 to 6 years of experience in software development, with a clear focus on AI in the last 1 to 2 years.
• Experience in building AI applications: from requirements gathering to productive use
• Demonstrable practical projects with LLM integration, Prompt Engineering or RAG architectures
• Hands-on experience with AI APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI or similar services
• Excellent knowledge of Python and a good understanding of modern API and software architectures
• Experience with prototyping, MVP development and technical implementation in short iterations
• Good German and English skills, both spoken and written.

What makes you stand out: Nice-to-haves

• Experience with fine-tuning or evaluation of LLMs
• Knowledge of Docker and basic cloud deployment setups
• Experience with RAG systems, Agentic AI workflows, or internal knowledge systems
• Knowledge of SQL and basic data access
• Experience in regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, or biotechnology
• Understanding of data protection and GDPR-compliant processing of company data

Your personality profile:

• Genuine curiosity for AI and new ways of working: You try out new tools and approaches because it drives you.
• Independent and proactive: You don't wait for perfect requirements, but find ways.
• Pragmatic and results-oriented: You deliver working solutions instead of over-engineered systems.
• Strong communication skills to present technical information in a way that is understandable to non-technical stakeholders.
• Quality awareness: Clean code, documented processes, and traceable decisions.

If you want to achieve great things with us, we look forward to receiving your application. Tell us why you are the right person for this job and what motivates you to want to work at DEMECAN.