Specialist in AI Services and Integration

About the job

80–100 %

by arrangement

Your responsibility: shaping, technical and supportive

• You design the development and further advancement of joint AI services up to their introduction and anchoring in the cantonal administration. In doing so, you actively contribute your technical perspective and accompany the associated organisational changes
• Together with the departments, the cantonal IT, and external partners, you develop viable solutions for the use of AI and support these until productive deployment
• You participate in architecture and integration issues and design interfaces between AI services, specialised applications, and central IT services. You take into account requirements from data management, data protection, information security, and governance when conceptualising and further developing the AI services
• Professional support for new AI projects in the departments as well as assistance in structuring joint requirements and use cases
• You monitor relevant developments around AI platforms, context engineering, and related topics and contribute suitable approaches to the further development of our services

Your background: experienced, strong in support and with an understanding of modern AI architecture

• University degree (Uni/FH) in computer science, business informatics, data science, information sciences, economics, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of professional experience in the design, implementation, and operation of digital services or data platforms, with practical experience in development and integration
• Profound understanding of modern AI architectures such as LLM platforms, RAG and search indices, agent systems and tool usage, context engineering, as well as evaluation and monitoring of AI services
• Experience with integration topics such as interfaces and APIs, identity and access management, cloud and on-premise operation, as well as data flows between specialised applications
• Understanding of data protection, information security, and governance as part of the technical design, combined with the willingness to plan protection requirement assessments and security checks early and to find feasible solutions together with the responsible specialist departments
• Independent, responsible, and solution-oriented working style as well as interest in not only conceptualising new services but also building them together with others and sustainably establishing them in the organisation

For questions about the position

Richard Smit
Head of Office
T 061 552 48 44

For questions about the application process

Raffaela Bernold
HR Consultant
T 061 552 48 96

Office for Data and Statistics

The Office for Data and Statistics promotes efficient and transparent data management across the administration and is responsible for public statistics in the canton. It informs the public about developments in the areas of population, economy, public finances, construction and land market, education and health care, as well as other topics. Furthermore, the office is responsible for cantonal master data management in the area of personal, building, and housing data and supports the publication of open government data (OGD) on the cantonal OGD portal data.bl.ch.