Karriere bei appliedAI

Five reasons it is different here

Diverse expertise, one table

You will work together with brilliant engineers, consultants, managers, and people who have shipped AI in the real world. Different backgrounds, one shared standard for making AI useful.

Real ownership from the first weeks

We do not wait for you to prove yourself before trusting you with something that matters. You arrive with expertise - we invite you to use it on day one.

A field that moves, and a team that moves with it

A learner's mindset is part of the job description. We reflect on what works, adapt quickly, and treat change as the medium we work in - not a disruption.

A network that compounds

A highly visible initiative that gives you direct lines into Europe's start-ups, corporate partners, tech companies, and policy community. The network you build here travels with you.

Built for purpose

We believe AI can drive positive change in a diverse, inclusive, equitable society — and we act on that in how we operate, hire, and choose our work.

Where we work - two offices, one mission

Both our offices sit inside purpose-built ecosystems. Neither is a random co-working space - we chose them deliberately, because we believe time in the same room makes the rest of the week better.

Heilbronn - inside IPAI, Germany's AI innovation campus

IPAI - the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence - is Germany's first dedicated AI campus, built to bring together corporates, start-ups, researchers, and public institutions under one roof. Our Heilbronn team works on that campus, which means the regional AI ecosystem is not something you "network into" after hours. It happens in the café, the shared atria, the evening panels, the hallway conversations.

Deep-focus workspaces designed around how engineers and analysts actually think
Sightlines into the broader AI community - start-up neighbors, partner visits, campus events
Easy access by train; Stuttgart and Mannheim within an hour
A regional AI network that is growing fast, and room to grow into it

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Munich - inside the House of Communication

Munich's House of Communication is the creative heart of the Serviceplan neighborhood — a working house for designers, media people, technologists, and strategists. Our Munich team sits in the middle of that energy, a few minutes from the city center, with the U-Bahn at the door and a Bavarian beer garden for the 6pm version of the conversation that started on the whiteboard at 4pm.

Workshop-friendly studios for partner co-creation session
Cross-disciplinary neighbors - AI is never the only craft in the room
A lively after-work city and genuine quality of life
Central Munich location at Werksviertel

Hybrid, by design

For most roles, that means around 2-3 days a week together in the office - for the workshops, whiteboards, co-creation sessions and lunches the work actually runs on - and the remaining days wherever you do your best focused thinking. Each team finds its own rhythm together. No dashboards. No badge-swipe audits. We trust you to know when to meet, and when to write.

The underlying principle: The office is for collaboration, not compliance. The rest is for focus, family, a long morning walk, or the early-morning train to the Alps - whatever makes your work, and your life, sustainable.

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What you get - benefits that support a life, not a checklist

We designed our benefits around four things that matter to us: that you grow the way you want to, that you can build a life around this job, that you stay healthy and able to move, and that the practical friction of daily life - transport, family, health - gets a little smaller. We know one size never fits everyone, so we offer different options:

Grow the way you want to

No fixed learning budget. You decide how you develop - training, certifications, conferences, a new challenge inside the company. We resource the decision, not the category.

Design a life around this job

Hybrid with offices in Munich and Heilbronn. In-office for collaboration, remote for focus.

Workation. Work from anywhere for up to 3 months per year. Spend the evenings like a holiday; keep the work in the morning.

Sabbatical. After three years with us, take up to three months off - because 30 vacation days are sometimes not enough for the trip, the book, or the reset you have been thinking about.

PME Familienservice. 24/7 support for the life you are actually living - childcare help, life coaching, elder care, and more, at no cost to you.

Stay moving, stay well

Wellpass. Access thousands of gyms, pools, yoga studios, and online courses across Germany and beyond, for one monthly rate.

JobRad. Lease a bike at a better rate through JobRad - and we cover the insurance on top.

Mobility budget. A monthly contribution through the Moovster app - public transport, shared mobility, your call.

And of course

30 vacation days to start - plus a half-day off on 24 and 31 December, so the turn of the year belongs to the people you care about.
Hardware you actually want to work on.
Regular team offsites, our yearly Values Days, and a proper Christmas party.
In-office breakfasts where the room is often not only appliedAI - a standing invitation to keep building a network over coffee, not over LinkedIn.

Who we are - our culture & values

The following four values are the way we decide, the way we disagree, and the way we show up for partners and for each other. They are not posters. They come up in real hiring conversations, in promotion decisions, and in the way we debrief when something goes wrong.

Learning mindset

The field moves weekly. Standing still is not an option - so curiosity is part of the job.

We do what we advise others to do.

We follow our own advice. We test what works and adapt the way we work.

We are curious and pragmatic.

We are bold and explore new ideas, while keeping practical applicability in mind. Innovation happens when visions, ideas, and research are translated into real-world practice.

Collaborative community

The quality of our work is a function of the quality of how we work together.

We create an attractive workplace that’s enjoyable.

We create a safe space where everyone can be their authentic self. We invest in our people and look out for one another. We value the opportunities and strengths of a diverse and inclusive team-building a positive team culture.

We embrace challenges, encourage ownership, and stand together behind the decisions we make.

We love challenges, open debate, and differing opinions. Once a decision is made, we support it as one. You never carry failure alone. Success is always a team effort.

Reliability

Partners come to us because they need something to actually work. We start with why.

We build trustworthy relationships across our ecosystem.

We build trusted relationships with our customers and partners, and we tackle challenges as if they were our own. We are mindful of our capabilities and resources - and we use them to be a reliable partner.

We start with the “why” and maximize impact.

We create a clear, shared understanding of our customers’ and partners’ needs and challenges. We use our expertise to offer the best possible AI solution and move them forward on their AI journey.

Impact

We recognize AI's potential to drive real change and we choose to be shapers of where that goes.

We build shared expertise in Artificial Intelligence.

Together, we build expertise across the appliedAI ecosystem and actively share it with Europe and the world.

We take responsibility in AI - and beyond.

As an organization, we embrace our ethical responsibility in AI and beyond. We work in ways that have a positive impact on a diverse, inclusive, and just society - and on a healthy planet.

How we hire

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Our process is designed to give you a real view of what it means to be part of this team, and to respect your time. Most candidates complete it in 3–4 weeks.

One thing we want you to know up front

We build AI for a living, but we do not use AI to screen the people who apply to join us. Every application is read by a human on the People team.

Every decision is made by people, and every conversation in this process is designed so we can actually see you, and so you can actually see us. You are a person we are choosing to meet, not a profile we are matching.

Application Review

We read every application. You will hear back within about a week.
First online interview (~45 min)

An initial conversation with the recruiter and often the hiring manager, to explore mutual fit and answer your early questions.
Further interviews (2–3 in total)

Often including a short case study where you demonstrate your problem-solving approach. Timeboxed and scoped to respect your time - no twenty-hour take-homes
Team meetings

You meet your potential future manager, team members, and the recruiter - so you experience our collaborative culture firsthand before saying yes.
Offer

If the feedback is positive on both sides, the People Team extends an offer - and we take the time to walk you through it properly.

What you can count on from us

We won't ghost you. You'll always hear back from us, even if it's a no.
We won't ask you for a case study that takes more than a few focused hours.
We won't run a panel of eight people across six rounds - we respect your time and your energy.