Senior GenAI Engineer
LGT
About the role
About Us
The LGT is the world's largest private banking and asset management group owned by a family of entrepreneurs. As the family office of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, we convince you with many years of experience in managing large assets.
Your Role
As a Senior GenAI Engineer in Data & Analytics, you are a central member of LGT's GenAI team in Zurich, developing production-ready generative applications together with business and engineering teams.
You will conceptualize and develop scalable GenAI solutions end-to-end with a clear focus on software quality, architecture, and maintainability. You will work on modern AI applications, agentic workflows, model orchestration, and enterprise integrations to reliably bring innovative use cases into production.
As a senior member of the team, you will help shape architecture and engineering standards, take on mentoring, and contribute to further expanding AI engineering capabilities within LGT. The role requires strong hands-on engineering skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to deliver high-quality solutions in a regulated environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operate production-ready GenAI applications end-to-end
- Develop robust RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and LLM-based solutions
- Integrate GenAI solutions into enterprise systems, APIs, and internal data sources
- Utilize effective prompt engineering and model orchestration to implement reliable AI systems
- Steer solution architecture, technical decisions, and engineering standards to scale AI Engineering at LGT
- Write high-quality, well-tested code and apply modern software engineering practices (CI/CD, version control, automated testing)
- Collaborate with business departments to translate requirements into GenAI solutions and communicate technical concepts understandably
- Contribute to shared platform components, evaluation and LLMOps practices, and knowledge sharing to strengthen GenAI engineering capabilities within the team
Your Profile
- University degree (Bachelor or higher) in Computer Science or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in software development with proven production experience, including at least 3 years in agile teams
- Very good programming skills in Python and solid software engineering fundamentals (Design Patterns, Testing, Clean Code)
- Practical experience in developing GenAI/LLM applications, including RAG, with modern frameworks and APIs (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI API) and vector databases
- Experience in designing and developing APIs and backend services (e.g., FastAPI) and solid DevOps knowledge: CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, containerization, and deployment automation
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to explain technical issues to the relevant audience
- Very good English skills
Nice-to-have
- Experience in financial services or another regulated industry
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, GitLab CI/CD, and major cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS)
- Experience with LLMOps and evaluation frameworks for GenAI applications, as well as familiarity with MCP and frameworks like FastMCP
- Experience with observability and monitoring of production systems, as well as with asynchronous or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka)
- German language skills are an advantage
Benefits at LGT
A great place to work - a great place to have impact: LGT promotes the diversity of its employees. We believe that an inclusive and appreciative corporate culture is the driver for a great workplace and offers the opportunity to create a unique and successful team. That's why our employees can also benefit from many additional benefits.
Work-Life Balance
- Flexible working models
- Sabbaticals
- At least 25 days of annual leave, depending on age
- Options for paid special leave
- Maternity and paternity leave, options for additional parental leave
- Additional childcare allowance for paid external childcare for children up to 12 years old
Growing Together
- Internal courses
- External courses at the Liechtenstein Academy
- Support for external training and further education
- Coaching and mentoring programs
- International assignments
- Intrapreneurship program
Discounts and Benefits
- Discounts on LGT bank products and services
- Co-investments at LGT
- Discounts on health and property insurance
- Pension plan with individual options
- Various initiatives to promote mobility/e-mobility
- Recognition of important life events
Your Health
- Wellness and health programs
- Subsidized fitness and yoga classes
- Healthy meals
- Fresh fruit daily
Do you feel addressed? Then simply complete the online application. We look forward to getting to know you.
Contact
Diane Neff HR Recruiter
LGT Group Holding AG +423 (235) 2248
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