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Join us.\n In AECOM’s AI for Engineering team your code will directly shape the physical world around us. We build AI-driven technology that revolutionises how infrastructure and buildings are designed and engineered; reducing waste, cutting CO₂, and making the built environment more efficient and sustainable. This is where software has measurable, real-world impact.\nWith our AI for Engineering team we’ve created a unique setup: a lean, highly technical team with the speed and ownership of a start up, backed by the scale, resources, and domain expertise of one of the world’s leading engineering firms.\nThere has never been a better time to be at AECOM. We are leading the industry’s AI transformation, and with our people and technology we deliver excellence and innovate with impact.\nWe invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams to solve the world’s most complex challenges. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAs part of the Zug team, you will focus on designing, implementing and deploying LLM based solutions into production.\nUsing various LLM models with latest approaches (agentic, context engineering) to solve challenging problems\nWork end-to-end on ML solutions: from data preparation and evaluation, deployment, and monitoring\nDevelop text representation and semantic extraction pipelines for structured knowledge from unstructured data\nCollaborate with product teams and domain experts to integrate LLM features into our SaaS platform\n Must-Have Qualifications\nMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computational Linguistics, or related field\nHands-on experience with LLM techniques for text representation and semantic data extraction\nKnowledge on best practices and Evaluation techniques\nProven experience working end-to-end on Software solutions and CI/CD Pipelines\nProficiency in Python and pydantic validation\nExperience building RAG systems, Prompt engineering, Data processing\nPreferred Skills\nUnderstanding of optimizing both CPU-bound and GPU-bound workloads.\nKnowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic stack).\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).\nExperience with Azure\nExperience with Machine Learning\nExperience in building product for the construction industry.\n Our Hiring Process\n25-minute screening call\nTake-home challenge: A hands-on task to assess your problem-solving and technical skills\nCombined technical and cultural interviewWhiteboard Interview: 1-hour with 2 of our engineers to discuss your solution to the take-home challenge (60 min)\nCulture fit: In-person meeting with our leadership team (30 min)\n\nWhy Join Us?\nWork on real-world problems where AI creates measurable impact.\nBe part of a team where your work matters, and your ideas become real.\nCollaborate with sharp, driven colleagues in a culture of trust, ownership, and high standards.\nContribute to making the built environment smarter and more sustainable.\nAt AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.\nAbout AECOM\nAECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.\nAECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. 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