AI Engineer / Data Scientist

At Valkuren, we believe that AI only creates value when it is mastered, sovereign, and designed to strengthen both performance and people.

Since 2019, we have helped leading organisations in industry, mobility, health, public services, and legal-tech deploy reliable, safe and impactful AI solutions compliant with regulations.

Our conviction is simple:

Technology must remain transparent, ethical, and under control, always serving humans, never replacing them.

If you want to build real systems used in production, not prototypes, this role is for you.

Your role: AI Engineer / Data Scientist at Valkuren

This hybrid role combines Machine Learning, Data Science, Generative AI, agentic architectures, MLOps, and software/data engineering, always with measurable business impact.

Your impact

You will:

• Build and deploy sovereign AI systems, from classic ML (Supervised/Unsupervised, Forecasting, Optimization) to Generative AI (RAG, agents, MCP, workflows).
• Design and implement end-to-end pipelines: data ingestion, transformation, feature engineering, APIs, model training, continuous evaluation, monitoring, governance.
• Develop agentic systems and advanced LLM-based workflows using structured prompt engineering and tooling from our odAIn platform (Valkuren’s sovereign AI agent framework).
• Deliver Data Science solutions such as probabilistic models, anomaly detection, pattern mining, recommendation systems, simulation models, predictive maintenance, etc.
• Deploy production-ready applications on Azure, AWS or GCP, aligned with sovereignty and security constraints.
• Work closely with Data Engineers, Software Engineers, Project Managers, and clients to turn business needs into measurable results.

Who you are

Must-have

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in AI/ML/Data Science or Software/ML Engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Python and solid software engineering practices (testing, CI/CD, Git).
• Good understanding of ML and DS fundamentals (regression/classification, time series, embeddings, model evaluation, experimentation).
• Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, or agent-based workflows.
• Ability to communicate complex topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset, ownership, curiosity, and a strong consulting attitude.
• Excellent English & French (Dutch is a plus)

Nice-to-have

• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with data engineering (Spark, SQL, ETL, streaming).
• Familiarity with optimization models, forecasting, or industrial analytics.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Interest in GDPR, AI Act, ethics, or sovereign architectures.

Why join Valkuren?

We are not a model-building factory.

We are a European deep-tech company committed to producing trustworthy, sovereign, high-performance AI systems.

• Impactful real-world projects

Industry, mobility , public sector, energy, health, legal, etc

Always with measurable outcomes and direct access to decision-makers.

•  Fast learning & growth

Work on:

• multi-agent systems,
• production-grade ML pipelines,
• optimization engines,
• industrial analytics & digital twins,
• cloud-native architectures,
• compliance-by-design AI systems.
•  A culture of trust, autonomy & excellence

 High expectations.

 Transparency, ethics, and long-term thinking.

•  Attractive package & flexibility

Competitive salary, flexibility, hybrid work, and opportunities to contribute to conferences, R&D, and strategic client projects.

Eligibility

• Candidates must be legally allowed to work in Belgium (no visa sponsorship).
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