AI Engineer

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a globally leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protection in the building sector and industrial manufacturing. Sika has subsidiaries in 103 countries around the world and, in over 400 factories, produces innovative technologies for customers worldwide. In doing so, it plays a crucial role in enabling the transformation of the construction and transportation sector toward greater environmental compatibility. With more than 33,000 employees, the company generated sales of CHF 11.20 billion in 2025.

• Design, build and run AI solutions such as LLM-based assistants, agents and retrieval (RAG) applications that work on Sika's enterprise data
• Take use cases from first prototype to stable production service, including deployment, monitoring and ongoing improvement
• Work with business teams to find where AI adds real value, shape the use cases and set clear success criteria
• Connect AI applications to our data platform (Databricks) and existing internal applications, with attention to data quality, access rights and cost
• Follow developments in AI tooling and models, and help the team decide what is worth adopting

• Educational background in computer science, maths, physics, computer programming or similar
• Experience as a software engineer, building APIs and full-stack applications with automated tests and CI/CD
• A track record of taking AI applications from idea to production: building quick prototypes and turning them into reliable production services
• Hands-on experience building agents and chatbots that work with company data and take actions in production business systems such as SAP
• Experience setting up evaluations that compare models and prompts on accuracy, cost and speed, and monitoring AI applications once they are live
• A solid grasp of security and data access concepts, including AI-specific risks such as prompt injection and data leakage
• Confidence working directly with business teams, turning a vague request into a clear goal with an agreed measure of success
• Good judgement on when an LLM or an agent is the right tool, and when a script, a set of rules or classic machine learning does the job better
• Fluency in English

A strong plus:

• Experience with Azure and Databricks, with knowledge of the Databricks AI stack (Agent Bricks, Model Serving, AI Search, AI Gateway, MLflow, Databricks Apps)

• We offer an attractive employment package with good social benefits, excellent pension fund and accident insurance solutions.
• Sika - Building Trust. Trust is the most important thing for us. We trust in the capabilities of all our Sika team members - every day.
• Friendly, personable, and often surprisingly uncomplicated, that's how many of our employees describe their working relationship at Sika. We call this the Sika Spirit.
• We have a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion. Join our team and be part of your journey to excellence!

We offer competitive salaries, aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position, education and/or training. We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

We offer competitive salaries, aligned with local market benchmarks and the specific scope and responsibilities of each role. Compensation is determined based skills relevant to the position, education and/or training. We are committed to fair and equitable pay practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.