Job Description
Elevate is Simon-Kucher's dedicated service line for digital consulting projects. We empower organizations by merging advanced technology with creative business strategies, transforming raw data into actionable insights. Our goal is to deliver scalable, robust, and secure digital solutions that accelerate growth. Within Elevate, AI Lab focuses on AI & GenAI innovation and solutions build.
Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries.
Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world's leading pricing and growth specialist.
We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business..
How you will create an impact:
Architecture & Infrastructure
- Design scalable architectures for AI/GenAI applications.
- Evaluate, select, and integrate third-party libraries and open-source frameworks.
- Set up databases and LLM frameworks
- Work with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) to deploy and manage services securely.
AI Solution Engineering Lead
- Design and lead development of AI solutions for business-specific use cases.
- Mentor and guide the software engineering team, setting clear technical directions and providing architectural oversight.
- Lead development of RAG and/or fine-tuning for LLMs and data pipelines for internal and external data sources (e.g., pricing databases, market benchmarks, CRM exports).
- Set engineering standards and code quality guidelines for the AI team.
- Work with MLOps engineers to deploy and maintain models.
- Optimize performance, latency, and cost of AI/GenAI solutions.
MVP Delivery & Experimentation
- Rapidly prototype new ideas and iterate based on user feedback (consultants or clients).
- Lead technical PoCs and MVP development and evaluate build-vs-buy decisions for GenAI components.
- Stay ahead of AI/GenAI developments and assess new models/tools for adoption.
- You have 8+ years in software engineering, with at least 2 years focused on AI/ML.
- A standout university degree in a relevant field, with fluency in business English.
- Proven leadership in managing teams through complex infrastructure and data-centric projects, encouraging collaboration and innovation.
- Proven experience in designing and building applications using GenAI models, including opensource ad code generating models.
- Strong Python skills and experience with AI frameworks like Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, and PyTorch.
- Experience with building and querying vector stores and knowledge retrieval systems.
- Working experience with cloud platforms
- Working knowledge of MLOps, CI/CD for ML, and model monitoring.
- Familiarity with data privacy, model safety, and responsible AI practices.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
- Advance your career with exciting professional opportunities in our thriving company with a startup feel
- Innovate, transforming ideas into cutting-edge AI products
- Add to your experience with our projects that focus on growth, have a positive impact, and truly matter
- Voice your unique ideas in a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity
- Feel at home working with our helpful, enthusiastic colleagues who have great team spirit
- Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning programs (e.g. LinkedIn Learning)
- Speak your mind in our holistic feedback and development processes (e.g. 360-degree feedback)
- Satisfy your need for adventure with our opportunities to live and work abroad in one of our many international offices
- Enjoy our benefits, such as hybrid working, daycare allowance, corporate discounts, and wellbeing support (e.g. Headspace)
- Unwind in our break areas where you can help yourself to the healthy snacks and beverages provided
- See another side of your coworkers at our frequent employee events and highly anticipated World Meeting and Holiday Party