Zalando
Senior Principal Applied Scientist - Catalog and Search Ranking(m/w/x)
Full-timeWith HomeofficeSenior
Berlin
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ZAZalando
Principal AI Scientist - Zalando Assistant(m/w/x)
Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML
Nejo AI Summary
Building conversational AI agents and RAG pipelines for retail experiences. 10+ years of production AI application experience required. 27-30 days holiday, up to 60% remote.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering or applied science experience
- Strong Python skills and production application experience
- Experience building LLM-powered applications or AI agents
- Experience with prompt engineering, tuning, and evaluation
- Experience with agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, PydanticAI, DSPy, or similar)
- Experience integrating LLMs with external APIs, tools, or RAG systems
- Experience evaluating conversation quality and defining LLM metrics
- Experience with vector databases, embeddings, or retrieval systems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience optimizing AI systems for business KPIs
Tasks
- Design and build conversational AI agents
- Develop and integrate RAG pipelines
- Enrich experiences with fresh, contextual data
- Design, tune, and evaluate LLM prompts
- Improve response quality and user engagement
- Integrate LLMs with search, recommendation, and external APIs
- Define and implement evaluation frameworks
- Evaluate conversation quality and grounding
- Run experiments to optimize assistant performance
- Optimize business KPIs (conversion, engagement, retention)
- Own architecture, development, and deployment
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams
- Mentor colleagues in applied AI and agent development
Work Experience
- 10 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Python
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- PydanticAI
- DSPy
- RAG
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 27-30 days of holiday
Purpose-Driven Work
- 2 paid volunteering days
Flexible Working
- Hybrid working model
- Up to 60% remote per week
Additional Allowances
- Work from abroad allowance
Competitive Pay
- Employee shares program
Corporate Discounts
- Employee discounts
Other Benefits
- Relocation assistance
Family Support
- Family services
Healthcare & Fitness
- Health and wellbeing options
Mental Health Support
- Mental health support
Learning & Development
- Training platform
Mentorship & Coaching
- Biannual peer-to-peer review
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ZAZalando
Principal AI Scientist - Zalando Assistant(m/w/x)
Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML
Nejo AI Summary
Building conversational AI agents and RAG pipelines for retail experiences. 10+ years of production AI application experience required. 27-30 days holiday, up to 60% remote.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering or applied science experience
- Strong Python skills and production application experience
- Experience building LLM-powered applications or AI agents
- Experience with prompt engineering, tuning, and evaluation
- Experience with agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, PydanticAI, DSPy, or similar)
- Experience integrating LLMs with external APIs, tools, or RAG systems
- Experience evaluating conversation quality and defining LLM metrics
- Experience with vector databases, embeddings, or retrieval systems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience optimizing AI systems for business KPIs
Tasks
- Design and build conversational AI agents
- Develop and integrate RAG pipelines
- Enrich experiences with fresh, contextual data
- Design, tune, and evaluate LLM prompts
- Improve response quality and user engagement
- Integrate LLMs with search, recommendation, and external APIs
- Define and implement evaluation frameworks
- Evaluate conversation quality and grounding
- Run experiments to optimize assistant performance
- Optimize business KPIs (conversion, engagement, retention)
- Own architecture, development, and deployment
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams
- Mentor colleagues in applied AI and agent development
Work Experience
- 10 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Python
- LangChain
- LlamaIndex
- PydanticAI
- DSPy
- RAG
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 27-30 days of holiday
Purpose-Driven Work
- 2 paid volunteering days
Flexible Working
- Hybrid working model
- Up to 60% remote per week
Additional Allowances
- Work from abroad allowance
Competitive Pay
- Employee shares program
Corporate Discounts
- Employee discounts
Other Benefits
- Relocation assistance
Family Support
- Family services
Healthcare & Fitness
- Health and wellbeing options
Mental Health Support
- Mental health support
Learning & Development
- Training platform
Mentorship & Coaching
- Biannual peer-to-peer review
Find the original job posting in its most current version here. Nejo automatically captured this job from the website of Zalando and processed the information on Nejo with the help of AI for you. Despite careful analysis, some information may be incomplete or inaccurate. Please always verify all details in the original posting! Content and copyrights of the original posting belong to the advertising company.
About the Company
Zalando
Industry
Retail
Description
The company is an exclusive online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle products across Europe, offering daily sales campaigns.
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