Lead Ai Platform Engineer

Job ID: 744000160230144 Lead AI Platform Engineer (m/f/d)A Coruña, Bilbao, Gijón, Granada, Madrid, Reus, Seville, Valencia Professional Regular T-Systems Iberia Your Task T-Systems is at the forefront of innovation, delivering advanced technology solutions across sectors including automotive, healthcare, and public services. As a Lead AI Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and operate a scalable, production-grade platform for deploying and running autonomous AI agents, including model serving, tool-calling, and state management. You will develop high-performance, low-latency inference services on GPU/TPU clusters, implement autoscaling with Kubernetes and Knative, and build CI/CD and MLOps pipelines for model versioning, canary releases, and rollback. You will also contribute to platform reliability, observability, and security, while developing tools that enable internal teams and external partners to efficiently integrate with and use the AI platform. The role combines software engineering, distributed systems, and AI infrastructure, with a strong focus on delivering secure, scalable, and reliable production solutions. Responsibilities Design and own the core platform that builds, deploys, and runs autonomous AI agents (model serving, tool‑calling, state management)Build high‑throughput, low‑latency inference services on GPU/TPU clusters and implement autoscaling with Kubernetes/Knative Create CI/CD & MLOps pipelines for model versioning, canary releases, and rollback Define SLO/SLI, set up monitoring (Prometheus, Open Telemetry), and lead incident response Implement security controls (IAM, sandboxed execution, data‑residency policies)Deliver developer‑friendly SDKs, CLI tools, and documentation for internal teams and external partners Mentor junior engineers and champion best‑practice code standards

Your Profile
We are seeking a Lead AI Platform Engineer with extensive experience in distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and platform engineering. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in building scalable, production-grade platforms for AI model serving, strong proficiency in modern programming languages, and hands-on experience with GPU/TPU workloads and Kubernetes orchestration. Must Have Skills7+ years of software engineering experience4+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems Proficient in Go or Rust Proficient in Python Strong experience with Kubernetes Strong experience with Docker Strong experience with Helm Hands-on experience with model serving frameworks such as Triton, v LLM, or Tensor Flow Serving Experience with GPU/TPU workloads Experience with event streaming platforms such as Kafka or Pulsar Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Pulumi Solid knowledge of LLM concepts Solid knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation Solid knowledge of tool-use APIs Strong debugging skills Strong observability skills with Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry Strong security skills including IAM and Vault Excellent communication skills Bias toward shipping reliable, production-grade code Nice to Have Skills Ph. D. in Computer Science or related field M. S. in Computer Science or related field Experience with serverless runtimes Experience with vector databases such as FAISS or Milvus Experience with agent frameworks such as Lang Chain or Auto GPTOpen-source contributions in AI/ML infrastructure

About Us
T-Systems is part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, with around 30,000 employees worldwide. We create technology with purpose to generate a positive impact on society. We are looking for curious talent, eager to learn, take on challenges, and contribute ideas that transform our customers' experience. We trust people:

we offer
autonomy, continuous support, and a collaborative environment where you can grow without limits. We are one global team, guided by respect, integrity, and a passion for doing better every day. Benefits Work environment & flexibility International, dynamic and collaborative environment T-Social: social initiatives (sports, community, health,...)Hybrid work model (remote/on-site)Flexible

working hours
Growth & development Customized training: access to Coursera to learn whatever you want, whenever you want Weekly language classes (English, Spanish & German)International Mentoring Sessions & Experience Days Compensation & benefits Flexible compensation plan (health insurance, meal vouchers, childcare, transport)Telemedicine Life and accident insurance Social fund Wellbeing & time off26+ working days of vacation per year Free access to specialist services (medical, legal, wellness)100% salary coverage during medical leave And many more advantages of being part of T-SystemsApplication Information If you are looking for a new challenge, do not hesitate to send us your CV Please send CV in English. Join our teamCompany Policies T-Systems Iberia will only process the CVs of candidates who meet the requirements specified for each