# Senior AI Engineer / Technical Consultant at Artefact

> Switzerland · Senior · ML / AI · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aartefact%3A8270870002 (read 2026-11-06).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Artefact](https://alderhq.app/companies/artefact)
- Location text: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; Lausanne
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Switzerland (evidence: "Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; Lausanne")
- Posted: 2025-11-09 (362 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/artefact/jobs/8270870002
- Skills listed (inferred): TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, Java, Scala, Elasticsearch, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, SQL, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLMs, Distributed systems

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted

## Description (the employer's text)

### Who is Artefact?

Artefact is a next-generation strategy and data consulting firm dedicated to transforming organizations through data and AI. We combine the rigor of top-tier strategy consulting with deep expertise in data, digital, and analytics to help clients achieve tangible business impact.

With 1,800+ consultants, data scientists, and engineers across 23 countries, we work with global leaders such as Samsung, L’Oréal, Orange, and Sanofi. Our Romandie office (Geneva/Lausanne) is at the heart of Artefact’s growth, advising clients on their most pressing strategic challenges — from AI strategy and governance to digital transformation roadmaps and new business model design.

### Main Responsibilities

As a Senior Technical Consultant / Senior AI Engineer, you will lead the design and delivery of impactful AI and data solutions. You’ll combine hands-on engineering with client advisory, guiding multi-disciplinary teams from opportunity framing to production deployment.

Own solution architecture & delivery: Define end-to-end architectures (data, ML/LLM, APIs, security), make build/buy decisions, and drive projects from PoC to production with reliability, observability, and cost in mind.

Lead complex PoCs & pilots: Scope, prototype, and validate AI/ML use cases (incl. LLMs/GenAI, RAG, fine-tuning, evaluation) and convert successful pilots into scalable products.

Advanced programming & modeling: Build, adapt, and evaluate ML/DL/LLM models using Python (PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace, LangChain/LlamaIndex), including prompt engineering, fine-tuning/LoRA, vector search, and safety/guardrails.

Cloud & MLOps/LLMOps: Design and operate solutions on Azure, GCP, or AWS (CI/CD, containers, model serving, feature stores, vector DBs, monitoring, eval pipelines).

Client advisory & stakeholder management: Translate business goals into technical roadmaps, present to senior stakeholders, manage risks and trade-offs, and ensure measurable business impact.

Quality, security & governance: Enforce best practices on data privacy, model risk management, responsible AI, and documentation.

Team leadership & mentoring: Coach engineers/consultants, perform code and design reviews, and help shape delivery standards and reusable accelerators.

Pre-sales & thought leadership: Support proposals, estimates, and statements of work; contribute to assets, talks, and publications that advance Artefact’s AI offering.

### Candidate Profile

Engineer first, consultant second — with a builder’s mindset and a track record of shipping.

Experience: 5–8+ years in data/ML/AI engineering or adjacent roles, including end-to-end delivery of production AI systems (not just prototypes).

Programming: Expert Python; solid software engineering (testing, packaging, CI/CD). SQL required; Java/Scala/TypeScript a plus.

AI/ML: Hands-on with ML/DL and LLMs (prompting, fine-tuning/LoRA, embeddings/RAG, evaluation & observability, guardrails).

Cloud: Deep experience on at least one major cloud (Azure, GCP, or AWS) deploying secure, scalable services.

MLOps/LLMOps: Containers (Docker/Kubernetes), Git, pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions/Cloud-native), model serving (FastAPI/TorchServe/Triton), experiment tracking, model registry, vector DBs (FAISS, Pinecone, pgvector, OpenSearch).

Architecture & data: Designing data/ML platforms, APIs, microservices; familiarity with data pipelines and streaming is valued.

Consulting skills: Requirements gathering, storytelling, senior stakeholder management, and clear documentation.

Languages: Fluency in French and English (written & spoken) is mandatory.

Work eligibility: You must be eligible to work in Switzerland.

Nice to have

Experience with responsible AI/governance frameworks, security reviews, and cost optimization.

Domain experience in one or more industries (e.g., retail, pharma, manufacturing, finance).

Contributions to open-source, publications, or conference talks.

### Why Join Us

Strategy with a Data Edge: Operate at the intersection of boardroom strategy and cutting-edge AI engineering.

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