Forward Deployed AI Engineer (m/f/d)

TAISC – The AI Software Company | Hybrid (Karlsruhe) | Working Student / Internship

About Us

At TAISC – The AI Software Company, we believe that AI-powered software development is essential for driving digital transformation in businesses. Software is the backbone of our digital world — and often a bottleneck. We consult, build, and implement individually tailored AI solutions — from strategic advisory through AI automations, MVP/prototyping, all the way to custom development. Not to replace people, but as a tool to empower them and boost their productivity. We work with cutting-edge technologies, deep domain expertise, and a genuine hands-on mentality. We value clarity over buzzwords and genuine collaboration — with enterprises, mid-market companies, and startups alike. We’re growing fast.

Your Role — more than a developer

A Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) is not a classic developer working tickets to spec. You sit close to the client, understand the real business problem, and build the solution end-to-end — directly in the client’s codebase and reality. You think from the outcome backward: what drives real business impact, what’s just nice-to-have? You combine software engineering with product thinking and take ownership of the result — not just the code.

Concretely, you design, build, and ship modern AI systems, agent workflows, and MVPs into production — from architecture to deployment. You won’t develop software “classically” — you’ll develop it AI-first, using tools like Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI, and Azure AI Foundry plus modern frameworks and cloud stacks daily to ship features faster, cleaner, and smarter. What matters to us: we’re not looking for vibe-coders, but real software engineers who think structurally, write clean code, understand software architecture, and take ownership of quality, security, and maintainability. You ideally bring practical project experience, a GitHub profile, portfolio, or references, and want to use AI not as a toy but as a serious productivity and technology driver.

What to Expect

• You work close to the client — understand the problem, design the solution, and build it yourself.
• You build AI agents, workflows & automations that solve real problems.
• AI is your daily tool across every phase of development — you use it deliberately, but think for yourself, question results critically, and own the outcome.
• You build MVPs, features, and automations — fast, clean, creative — and take ownership of features or sub-products.
• You bring in your own ideas: internal tools, open-source contributions, experiments, content.
• You learn cloud architecture, RAG setups, agent orchestration & DevOps basics.

What You Bring

• You’re pursuing a technical Bachelor’s/Master’s degree (computer science, business informatics, media informatics, software/AI engineering, or similar).
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for AI, LLMs, agents, and modern tools: you use AI as a deliberate extension of your own skills — not a replacement for them.
• First experience or projects in modern full-stack cloud-native development (Python, TypeScript, React/NextJS, AWS/Azure).
• You like to try things beyond your studies — side projects, open-source contributions, or a first venture. (Not a must, but we love to see what you’ve built.)
• A hands-on mentality: you try things out instead of debating for ages.
• You want to grow and help shape the future of the software industry in Germany.

What We Offer

• Direct collaboration with the founders: regular feedback, sparring, and pair programming.
• Modern tools (Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Perplexity) and Apple hardware.
• A lot of freedom, plenty of room for your own ideas, and a steep learning curve.
• An environment where you can grow within months, not years.
• Working in an AI-first company that doesn’t just talk about AI but uses it every day.
• We mostly work together in Karlsruhe (around 3 days per week). Until our own office is ready, we combine on-site and flexible remote work.

Sounds like you?

Then send your application to karriere@theaisoftwarecompany.com — no formal cover letter needed, a short pitch about you and why TAISC is plenty.