AI Engineer / AI Platform Specialist (a)
- Kanton Luzern
- Ruopigenplatz 1, Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland
- 08/06/2026
Job Description
100% | Lucerne | Home office possible
With us, you can contribute your AI and infrastructure expertise and actively shape the development of our central, hybrid AI platform. You can expect structured onboarding, an experienced team with a "can-do" attitude, and an environment that highly values innovation, personal responsibility, and professional development.
Your tasks
- Together with the team, you will identify AI potential, conduct feasibility studies, and develop viable solutions for specialist departments and internal teams.
- You independently develop AI applications (e.g., mail assistant or log management) using PyTorch and Python, and bring them into production.
- Your responsibilities include the design and implementation of RAG systems, system prompts, guardrails, and the integration of MCP servers.
- Working closely across teams with IT security, network, and platform teams, you ensure that AI services are provided securely, efficiently, and in a standardized manner.
- You will work closely with the IT architecture, contribute modern approaches in the field of AI, and support the requirements engineering around GenAI.
- Testing workflows and LLMs, evaluating new models, and contributing to best practices and governance topics round out your responsibilities – as an enabler and driver of AI in DIIN.
Your profile
- You possess sound knowledge of Python and ideally experience with PyTorch as well as modern LLM frameworks.
- You have practical experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases and prompt engineering; knowledge of MCP, agent frameworks or guardrails is a plus.
- You are passionate about modern AI and platform topics and have a good understanding of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), GPU workloads or MLOps - or would like to specifically expand your knowledge in these areas.
- A structured, solution-oriented approach to work, as well as enjoyment of collaborating with internal teams (security, network, platform, architecture, IAM) and external partners, complete your profile.
- In addition to training in the IT field, you have initial professional experience in a comparable role (e.g. AI engineering, data science, platform engineering) and very good German skills, both written and spoken.
What you can look forward to
Meaning and diversity
Our areas of activity are as diverse as we are.
Environment, infrastructure, finance, security, health, education and much more – together we shape the canton of Lucerne.
Environment, infrastructure, finance, security, health, education and much more – together we shape the canton of Lucerne.
Development prospects
With us, you'll go further.
We offer attractive and exciting career and development opportunities – both in management and for subject matter experts.
We offer attractive and exciting career and development opportunities – both in management and for subject matter experts.
Work Life Balance
We work flexibly and smartly.
Mobile and flexible working is highly valued at our company. More than half of our employees work part-time and achieve their professional goals in harmony with their private commitments.
Mobile and flexible working is highly valued at our company. More than half of our employees work part-time and achieve their professional goals in harmony with their private commitments.
Attractive benefits
With us, you benefit.
Attractive training opportunities, employee discount platforms, mobile and internet offers, Next Bike, fleet discounts, and other benefits.
Attractive training opportunities, employee discount platforms, mobile and internet offers, Next Bike, fleet discounts, and other benefits.
Your employer
Working for the Canton of Lucerne means helping to shape the future – the future of the canton, its residents, and, not least, your own. More than 7,000 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.
The IT Services Department (DIIN) provides comprehensive IT services for the departments, courts, and schools of the Canton of Lucerne. In addition to advising on IT issues in the areas of architecture, security, infrastructure, projects, and applications, and providing IT services, it operates the cantonal IT infrastructure in two modern data centers and is responsible for the development and operation of the complex cantonal communications network.
The "a" in the job title stands for "all." The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and inclusion.
The IT Services Department (DIIN) provides comprehensive IT services for the departments, courts, and schools of the Canton of Lucerne. In addition to advising on IT issues in the areas of architecture, security, infrastructure, projects, and applications, and providing IT services, it operates the cantonal IT infrastructure in two modern data centers and is responsible for the development and operation of the complex cantonal communications network.
The "a" in the job title stands for "all." The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and inclusion.
Your workplace
Ruopigenplatz 1, Lucerne
Your contact
Department of Finance,
IT Services,
Hanspeter Fuchs
, Head of Infrastructure,
+41 41 228 69 39,
https://informatik.lu.ch
IT Services,
Hanspeter Fuchs
, Head of Infrastructure,
+41 41 228 69 39,
https://informatik.lu.ch
About Kanton Luzern
Cantonal administration and courts - State Chancellery - Construction, Environment and Economics Department - Education and Culture Department - Finance Department - Health and Social Department - Justice and Security Department - Courts of Lucerne municipalities