AI Engineer (m/f/d)

PIMCO Prime Real Estate is looking for an AI Engineer (m/f/d) to join our Data and AI team in Munich at the earliest possible date. In this role, you will support the development and implementation of practical AI and generative AI solutions across our enterprise platforms.

The role focuses on translating business requirements and governed data assets into practical AI capabilities, including generative AI applications, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, prompt frameworks, intelligent automation, and machine learning models where applicable. The AI Engineer will work closely with data, technology, and business stakeholders to help deliver secure, reliable, scalable, and governed AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops, configures, and supports AI, generative AI, and machine learning solution components for deployment, integration, and operational use.
• Contributes to the development of GenAI applications, retrieval-augmented generation flows, embeddings, prompt frameworks, workflow automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Supports the implementation of responsible AI practices, including prompt controls, response evaluation, model monitoring, AI quality checks, security controls, and documentation.
• Works with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Stewards, Architects, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and implement practical AI solutions.
• Supports AI solution documentation, lineage, metadata, evaluation results, monitoring outputs, and operational event logs.
• Helps monitor AI solution quality and supports issue investigation, remediation, and continuous improvement.
• Contributes to improvements in AI solution reliability, performance, observability, security, scalability, and operational resilience.

Key Requirements

• 4+ years of relevant professional experience in AI, GenAI, machine learning, data engineering, automation, or related technology roles.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as Python, SQL, REST APIs, PySpark, LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent frameworks.
• Experience supporting or developing GenAI solutions using large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, vector search, or AI orchestration patterns.
• Experience or strong exposure to AI platforms and cloud services such as Databricks, Microsoft AI Foundry / Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI, MLflow, model serving, or equivalent platforms.
• Understanding of responsible AI, model governance, AI quality monitoring, prompt evaluation, data governance, security, and access control principles.
• Experience supporting AI, data, or machine learning workflows using tools such as Databricks Workflows, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, Prefect, or similar technologies.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders, apply sound judgement, and solve moderately complex AI engineering challenges.

Benefits

• Onboarding: A mentor, a buddy program and a global welcome event will help you getting started.

• Learning: A large portfolio of continuous learning opportunities will help you staying relevant in your current role and growing into future workplace demands.
• Working place: An open and international working environment with a diverse and inclusive culture will inspire your everyday work. A working model which balances remote and office based work will give you the flexibility to organize the way you work.
• Benefits: A company pension scheme, well-being initiatives, sports offers and other local benefits will allow you achieving a positive work life balance.

A leading global real estate investor and manager, PIMCO Prime Real Estate is a PIMCO company and part of the PIMCO real estate platform, focusing on the Core and Core+ segments of the market and managing the Allianz Group’s $89B real estate mandate.  

We manage a global investment portfolio $93.5B AUM, with an international team of  over 455 employees working in 16 offices in Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the U.S.

PIMCO’s real estate platform is one of the largest and most diversified in the world, with $174B+in assets and a broad set of solutions that leverage decades of expertise across public and private equity and debt markets.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Great to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.