Lead AI Engineer (d/f/m)

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Baker Hughes is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to join its Artificial Intelligence Engineering Team. The company develops AI services that support essential business functions such as real‑time decision making, document understanding, predictive maintenance, computer vision, and Generative AI. The role contributes directly to Baker Hughes' goal of making energy safer, cleaner and more efficient through intelligent technologies. In this position you will own the end‑to‑end design and delivery of AI model‑serving solutions. Daily tasks include creating and standardising serving architectures for AI and GenAI use cases, defining rollout and rollback procedures, and driving performance, scalability and cost optimisation. You will also establish runtime resilience patterns, develop and review test plans for performance, load, resiliency and cost, and ensure operational readiness for production launches. Collaboration spans Platform, MLOps, Reliability, Security, Data and Product teams, while you provide technical leadership through design and code reviews and mentor junior engineers. The role requires a Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence or a related discipline. Candidates must have a proven track record of delivering production‑grade software systems and be proficient in Python development. Experience with containerised, microservice‑based architectures, solid API design and versioning knowledge, and hands‑on work with AWS are essential. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, as well as a history of mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives, are also required. Fluency in both Italian and English and a valid EU work permit are mandatory. Baker Hughes promotes flexible working hours to accommodate personal productivity rhythms. Employees benefit from a comprehensive wellbeing programme that includes private medical care, life and disability insurance, tailored financial options and additional voluntary benefits. The position is based in Italy, with an initial salary range of €43,600 to €70,000, governed by the relevant collective bargaining agreement. The internal title for this role is Digital Technology Specialist, Data Science, reflecting its strategic importance within the organisation. What the role asks for: - Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI or related field - Proven experience delivering production‑grade software systems - Strong Python development expertise - Experience with containerised, microservice architectures - Solid understanding of API design and versioning - Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud services - Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices - Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives - Fluent in Italian (professional level) - Fluent in English (professional level) - Valid EU work permit.