This permanent role is part of the Development Transformation Technology (DTT) team at AllianzGI. DTT enables secure, resilient, and scalable technology delivery across the organization by building and evolving the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and the surrounding SDLC toolchain.
Role intent: This position blends an AI Engineer profile with SDLC platform engineering. You will design and build dedicated, reusable solutions that embed AI into the SDLC (AI4SDLC) and ensure AI/GenAI-enabled applications are built securely and compliantly by default (SDLC4AI). These solutions are horizontal capabilities (platform building blocks, services, templates, automations, agents) that scale across teams and form the tool foundation for other technical platforms to base their solutions upon.
Demarcation to AI CoE: AllianzGI has established an AI Center of Enablement (AI CoE) to accelerate AI transformation across AllianzGI. The AI CoE focuses on use-case technologies and delivery, complementing DTT. This role (in DTT) focuses on the overarching technology foundation for development: standardized SDLC/DevSecOps/IDP integration, guardrails, controls, and reusable components that make AI delivery scalable and secure across the organization.
DTT’s roadmap explicitly includes initiatives such as SDLC4AI, an SDLC AI Assistant, and expanding AI-enabled SDLC toolchain capabilities (coding agents, orchestration, evidence automation, KPI dashboards).
Scope / impact: This role creates tangible, reusable AI capabilities that directly support DTO’s AI strategy by making AI-enabled delivery scalable, secure, and low-friction; while keeping governance and compliance embedded by default.
We value strong engineering fundamentals, sound judgment, and the ability to grow durable platform capabilities over rigid alignment to any single background or experience profile.
This position will be based in Frankfurt.
What you will do
Build AI4SDLC solutions (AI to accelerate software delivery):
- Build and productize “horizontal” AI capabilities that integrate with SDLC tools (e.g., GitHub, CI/CD, artifact repositories, Jira/ITSM, observability) to reduce friction and automate repeatable work
- Implement and operationalize SDLC AI Agents (and related agentic patterns) to support developers with setup/testing/maintenance and workflow automation across the toolchain
- Build AI-assisted patterns for security remediation and quality gates (e.g., support patterns for remediating security findings; AI-enabled guardrails in pipelines)
Build SDLC4AI solutions (secure compliant lifecycle for AI systems):
- Implement SDLC4AI building blocks that embed AI lifecycle, governance, compliance, and operational controls into standard delivery patterns (design→build→test→release→run→decom)
- Ensure alignment with AllianzGI’s Responsible AI lifecycle process and related governance expectations (phased lifecycle, testing/go-live/run/decommissioning considerations)
Engineering platform integration (enterprise-grade):
- Build secure, reusable services/components (APIs, pipelines, templates, policy packs) that can be consumed by multiple teams and scaled through the IDP
- Implement LLM/agent integration patterns that are secure by design (identity/entitlement-aware execution; auditability; restricted execution environments where required)
- Engineer reliability and operational readiness: telemetry, monitoring, incident handling hooks, runbooks, and safe rollout strategies for AI-enabled SDLC components
Cross-team enablement delivery partnership:
- Partner with the AI CoE to ensure use-case delivery can reliably consume DTT’s SDLC foundations and can be deployed/operated consistently through the enterprise toolchain
- Contribute to adoption enablement (demos, guidance, blueprints, best practices) to help teams unlock value from AI4SDLC safely and efficiently
- Become part of the AI Engineering Community of Practise (CoP)
What you bring
Required:
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated delivery of production-grade services and automation (platform/tooling context strongly preferred)
- Candidates must provide objective, verifiable evidence of recent hands-on experience (i.e., GitHub repositories, demonstrable project artifacts)
- Strong hands-on engineering experience in at least one of the following: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, C#; plus API design and integration patterns (REST/events)
- Practical experience implementing AI/LLM-enabled solutions in enterprise contexts (e.g., orchestration, agentic workflows, prompt/tool integration, retrieval patterns) and making them production-ready (testing, observability, rollout)
- Experience integrating with SDLC ecosystems (Git workflows, CI/CD, quality gates, artifact management, issue/work tracking, observability) and automating workflows
- Strong engineering mindset for security-by-design and compliance-by-default; ability to translate governance requirements into implementable technical controls across pipelines/services
- Ability to create reusable building blocks (templates, libraries, services, pipelines) and drive adoption through documentation, enablement, and pragmatic standards
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills across platform teams and use-case delivery teams (incl. AI CoE)
- Fluency in English both written and spoken; additional languages are a plus
Preferred:
- Experience with agentic AI patterns for developer productivity (coding agents, workflow agents, copilots) and integrating them safely into SDLC workflows
- Experience with platform engineering / IDP concepts (“golden paths”, self-service, workflow orchestration, standardization)
- Familiarity with Responsible AI governance expectations and lifecycle processes; ability to implement guardrails and evidence automation
- Cloud/security certifications (examples): Azure AI Engineer, Azure Security Engineer, CCSK, CKA/CKS, Terraform Associate, plus security/DevOps certifications where applicable
What we offer
- We empower our employees by ensuring flexible work arrangements that maintain a balance between performance, productivity, career development and personal priorities (e.g., hybrid model/ flexible working hours)
- Securing your future: Access to company pension/savings plans
- Family support (relocation/ childcare facilities)
- Company share purchasing plan
- Mental health and wellbeing programs
- Mobility solutions (Jobrad bike leasing, subvention Jobticket)
- Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
- Self-guided learning development
- Volunteering time
- … and so much more!
About Allianz Global Investors
Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager, managing assets for individuals, families, and institutions worldwide. Our shared goal to shape a future of opportunity for our clients is foundational to our culture and our values. We look to attract, and actively nurture, individuals with the drive to achieve excellence at every stage of the investment experience.
We believe an inclusive culture is key to a flourishing workforce. Not only do we celebrate the broad range of experiences, backgrounds, and attributes that our workforce brings, but we support our people to live and work in a way that promotes their own wellbeing.
Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer.
We are united by a shared commitment: to put our clients first and at the centre of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions.
Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future – for our clients and for the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.
If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position. If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request [email protected].
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