Lead AI Engineer / Lead Developer (m/w/d) – Künstliche Intelligenz

About Us

The JDC Group AG is the innovative financial services platform – made by and for financial enthusiasts. With smart technologies, data-driven solutions, and deep insurance and investment know-how, we help our partners get the most out of their consulting.

To implement our group-wide AI vision, we are building a new in-house AI team. For this, we are looking for an experienced Lead AI Engineer / Lead Developer (m/f/d) with a focus on Large Language Models (LLMs), scalable system architectures, and production-ready AI applications.

You will be responsible for the technological foundation for all future AI products of the JDC Group – from intelligent advisors and document processing to central AI platforms.

You will take on a key role in building the team, shape our technical direction, and develop smart solutions with real impact.

Your Responsibilities

• Technical leadership of a newly emerging group-wide AI team (up to 6 people)
• Architecture, development, and scaling of AI-powered applications – e.g.:
  • AI Advisor (digital, AI-powered insurance consulting)
  • AVB Companion (intelligent analysis and answering of insurance conditions)
  • Document processing and automated classification
• Building and responsibility for a company-wide AI platform – with a focus on LLMs, RAG architectures, agent systems, and modular pipelines
• Conception and implementation of production-ready LLM and agent systems
• Tool selection and infrastructure responsibility (on-prem or Cloud, e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP – no specification)
• Integration into existing applications (.NET stack) and API-based system landscapes
• Building a scalable architecture for multiple business units (central AI infrastructure + decentralized use cases)
• Technical coaching of developers and building a high-performing team
• Close collaboration with IT, business departments, and the executive board – from idea to productive deployment

What You Bring

• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in software development, data science, or AI engineering – ideally with a focus on productive AI systems
• Experience in building and operating scalable, productive AI architectures
• In-depth know-how in modern AI architectures, especially:
  • Large Language Models (e.g., GPT, Claude, Mistral, LLaMA or similar)
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and semantic search
  • Agent systems and tool orchestration
  • Prompt Engineering, Chaining, and structured output formats
  • Fine-tuning or adapting models to your own data
• Experience in developing modular, maintainable, and scalable AI pipelines (LLMOps/MLOps)
• Experience with vector databases and retrieval systems
• Experience with coding agents and AI-assisted software development, e.g.:
  • Claude Code
  • OpenAI Codex
  • or comparable agent development environments
• Very good knowledge of Python and ideally experience with .NET (C#) and TypeScript/JavaScript
• Experience in cloud infrastructures (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Architectural strength, strategic thinking, and hands-on mentality
• Experience in team leadership or technical mentoring
• Very good German and English skills

What We Offer

• Building a strategically central AI team with direct influence on the future product landscape of the JDC Group
• Responsibility for a group-wide AI platform with high visibility at C-level
• Full freedom in architecture, infrastructure, and tool decisions
• Varied projects with real business impact in a publicly traded FinTech
• Hybrid model with modern office infrastructure in Wiesbaden & flexible remote arrangements
• Collegial interaction, fast decision-making processes, and a lot of personal responsibility
• Individual further training, certifications, attractive remuneration, and employee benefits

Benefits

• BU + BAV
• Corp. Benefits
• Team-Events
• Jobbike

About Us

The Jung, DMS & Cie. AG

We are the leading service and technology platform for financial and insurance sales with around 16,000 affiliated intermediaries and advisors. With our digital consulting tools, innovative back-office processes, and our competent, personal sales support, independent brokers can make their daily sales work more efficient, have more time for their investment and insurance customers, and thus increase their business success.

We combine the best of two worlds: Innovative sales technology plus competent personal advice from our sales partners. While many see technological change as a problem and new fintech companies as new competitors, we see the "technology" factor as a great opportunity for responsible advisors and intermediaries. Our solutions help our sales partners to provide even better customer service and, as a result, generate more revenue. With equity of over 16 million euros, we are one of the financially strongest service and technology providers for financial and insurance sales.