Lead ML Engineer (m/f/x)

Our vision - your future Cofinity-X is a joint venture founded in 2023 by BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen, and ZF. Established by industry experts, our company is primed for growth and is intended to be further led by professionals like yourself. Your mission - Lead our Machine Learning team and contribute to the development of sovereign AI in Europe - Architect the training and fine-tuning of AI models using sovereign dataspace technology - Set the technical direction for our ML roadmap, integrating cutting-edge AI innovation into our sovereign dataspace technology - Support Product Management in evaluating and defining AI/ML architectures for target products and solutions, balancing customer requirements and technical constraints - Recruit, lead, mentor, and inspire your own team of highly skilled ML engineers - Partner with our HR team to scale the team through active sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding - Coach and develop team members while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and intellectually rigorous culture - Work together with dataspace technology experts and product teams - Contribute heavily to open-source projects Your profile - Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related discipline (PhD is a plus) - 7+ years of experience in Machine Learning, ideally with experience in federated learning - 3+ years of experience leading technical projects and people - Proven experience working with product teams to bring ML products to market - Deep understanding of modern ML infrastructure, LLMs, and AI tooling - Outstanding stakeholder management skills and comfort working with senior leader - Strong interest in sovereign AI and dataspace technology (Catena-X, Gaia-X, IDSA) - Track record of open-source contributions and a strong understanding of how open-source projects work Why us? - Hybrid working model - Balanced work-life balance with flexible working hours - Annual training budget for continuous professional and personal development (1.500 EUR) - Free choice of hardware - Monthly lunch subsidy (up to 115 EUR) - Deutschland Ticket and Job Bike for environmentally friendly mobility options - Workation to work remotely from different locations within the EU - We offer every employee a pensions scheme (bAV) with company sponsorship - Regular team events to strengthen cohesion and foster a positive working atmosphere - A modern office with an impressive view of the Cologne Cathedral Find Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow