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Based in Deggendorf, you serve as the technical bridge between the Senior AI Architect and the distributed AI Specialists in Malaysia, ensuring architectural decisions are translated into consistent, high-quality implementation across the team. Your physical proximity to congatec's core R&D and IT teams in Germany is essential to ensure that AI platform integration meets the regulatory requirements of a German enterprise environment - including DSGVO compliance, BSI baseline security, and the data residency constraints that apply to congatec's engineering knowledge assets.\nYour primary technical focus is the integration of enterprise systems into the AI platform - connecting a wide range of business and engineering tools via standardized API and tool integration layers, and ensuring secure, role-based access through established identity and access management standards. 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