Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Germany

The role

You will deploy ICEYE's intelligence platform into secure environments and build AI-powered workflows. You will turn raw satellite data into mission-critical tools for defense and intelligence analysts.

What you will do

• Deploy ICEYE's intelligence platform into customer secure environments
• Build and maintain containerized applications and manage deployments in Kubernetes clusters
• Develop APIs and data pipelines connecting ICEYE systems to customer infrastructure
• Troubleshoot deployment issues in disconnected environments
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
• Develop AI agents and workflows using frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph
• Implement prompt engineering strategies and conversational AI interfaces
• Create Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations
• Build data fusion pipelines combining SAR imagery with additional intelligence sources
• Work embedded with intelligence analysts, data scientists, and military operators

Required qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on software engineering building and deploying production systems
• Strong Python programming skills
• Go, TypeScript, or Rust
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, and RAG systems
• Working knowledge of agent frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, pydantic-ai) and vector databases
• Experience with Docker and deploying in secure / isolated / air-gapped environments
• Practical experience with APIs, data pipelines, and integrating systems in production
• Familiarity with Linux and basic Kubernetes operations
• Strong communication + customer engagement
• Strong spoken and written English
• Willingness to travel 40–60% to customer sites within the region
• German security clearance (Sicherheitsüberprüfung Ü1/Ü2/Ü3)

Nice to have

• Experience in defense, intelligence, or government operational environments
• Deploying to on-prem data centers and/or air-gapped networks
• Familiarity with geospatial data, satellite imagery, or remote sensing
• Experience with MCP integrations, multi-agent systems, or agentic workflows
• Deeper Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/Ansible), and/or offline CI/CD
• Understanding of intelligence analysis workflows and defense/government requirements
• Experience with data fusion, multi-source intelligence integration, or GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS)
• Background in solution engineering, technical consulting, or customer success
• Experience in defense tech (e.g., Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI, similar startups)

Benefits

• Continuous professional development
• Training opportunities

Before you apply

• Must be eligible and able to attain relevant national and NATO security clearances
• Talent Acquisition Interview
• Take home task
• Hiring Manager Interview
• Hiring Team Interview

About the company

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. They own the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation.