Research Associate – Agentic LLMs and AI Systems (m/f/d)

At the Institute of Computer Science at the University of St. Gallen, we engage in research and teaching in the fields of Data Science, Natural Language Processing, and modern AI. The focus is, among other things, on Large Language Models, agentic architectures, and their prototypical implementation.

• Collaboration in research projects on Large Language Models and Agentic AI Support in the design, implementation, and evaluation of agentic LLM systems.
• Prototypical implementation of research artifacts Development of backend and frontend components for experimental systems and demonstrators.
• LLM integration and experimental evaluation Implementation and analysis of prompt engineering approaches, RAG architectures, and retrieval strategies.
• Data-based and semantic systems Working with relational and vector databases (e.g., Postgres, ArangoDB, Qdrant) to support research questions.
• Support of scientific work Assistance in preparing experiments, results, documentation, and publications.
• Support of teaching and research operations Participation in exercises, student projects, as well as organizational and technical tasks of the chair.

• Completed bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, business informatics, or a related field
• Good programming skills in Python and initial experience with frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django
• Basic knowledge of working with database systems
• Interest in Large Language Models, AI systems, and applied research
• Structured, independent, and reliable working style
• Teamwork skills and willingness to participate in research projects
• Very good German and good English skills in spoken and written form

"A place that creates knowledge" - As one of the leading business universities in Europe, the University of St. Gallen (HSG) is committed to educating over 10,000 students and offers an attractive and innovative environment in research, teaching, continuing education, and administration to around 3,500 employees as one of the largest employers in the region."