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Junior AI Engineer (m/f/d)

Jena permanent Full time Junior

We are Intershop - We're built to boost your business!

As an e-commerce pioneer, we have been setting standards in the development of software for digital commerce for almost 30 years. With our cloud offering and as a Microsoft partner, we transform the challenges of the digital world into business success stories. Our e-commerce platform offers manufacturers and wholesalers everything they need to digitize and transform their business processes.

If you would like to join the #bestteam and start the revolution of our customer businesses together with the 300 Intershop experts, then apply today!

Your mission

As a Junior AI Engineer (m/f/d), you'll work on developing and integrating modern AI-powered copilots and agent-based systems for Intershop's Agentic B2B Commerce Platform. The focus of your position is on developing and integrating AI functionalities. In this role, you will gradually take on responsibility for the following tasks:

  • Copilots & Agents
    • Participation in the design, development, and integration of copilots and AI agents
    • Support for the integration of AI features into the platform
    • Development, maintenance, and expansion of agent-based workflows
    • Use of agent orchestration approaches 
  • AI-Platform, Standards & Technologies
    • Implementation of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) approaches
    • Use of semantic search (Vector Search)
    • Support the development and integration of context and tooling standards for agents and copilots
    • Participation in the setup and development of agent infrastructure and frameworks within the platform
    • Evaluation of new AI technologies, models, frameworks, and tools
    • Deployment and operation of AI solutions in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft AI Foundry
  • Full-Stack AI Development
    • Contribute to full-stack AI solutions across frontend, backend, and AI components
    • Development of backend services and interfaces, e.g., using Python and Java
    • Implementation of front-end components, e.g., using Angular and JavaScript
    • Use of low-code approaches, where appropriate, for the rapid implementation, integration, or orchestration of AI functions
    • Support for proof-of-concept projects with customers
  • Models & Data
    • Evaluating models
    • Fine-tuning of subject-specific AI models
    • Data collection and processing 
    • Support in optimizing data, training, and inference pipelines
    • Contributing to the further development of AI strategies, standards, and best practices

Your profile

In addition to a university degree in computer science, business informatics, or a related field, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, and JavaScript 
  • Basic understanding of front-end and back-end architectures
  • Initial experience with LLMs, copilots, AI agents, and RAG
  • Optional: Experience with Microsoft Azure, ideally also Microsoft AI Foundry
  • Interest in agent-based architectures, context-aware AI systems, and open standards
  • Openness to low-code and hybrid development approaches 
If you also have some knowledge and experience with 

  • semantic search or vector search
  • fine-tuning, or domain-specific models
  • deep learning and computer vision
  • data annotation, training, and evaluation
and if you enjoy working on future-proof copilot and agent architectures we can’t wait to meet you!

What we offer...

challenging tasks
Varied and challenging tasks:

With more than 300 customers, a global network of partners and an international team, you won't get bored easily.

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Personal and professional development:

From table football to training, coffee to coaching—Intershop is the place to grow.

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Work in other countries and on international projects:

San Francisco, Jena, Melbourne: the world of e-commerce is truly global. You’ll find us wherever our expertise is needed—and wherever you want to work.

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A motivated and highly qualified team:

We value results. Our 300-strong staff shares a single goal: to be the best—together. You can only benefit from our 30+ years of e-commerce experience.

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Flat hierarchies and an open business culture:

We need strong personalities, not cubicle clones. Our senior staff members see themselves as coaches, not captains. We  set the course for the future together.

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Cutting-edge technologies and market-leading products:

Our products and services are the backbone of modern online commerce. Be a part of our story!

We are looking forward to your application! By the way, if you do not yet meet all the criteria, just talk to me, we will surely find a way together.

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Your contact Melanie Albert HR Generalist Phone

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