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AI Engineer at SCOUTASTIC (all genders)

Bremen // Hamburg // Hybrid
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your tasks

As an AI Engineer at SCOUTASTIC, you drive the evolution of our scouting platform by designing and implementing features that push the boundaries of what's possible with AI. Our software is used by over 130 professional football clubs worldwide – and we're expanding into other sports. Your work directly shapes how clubs discover and evaluate talent.

We're looking for someone who lives and breathes AI, stays on top of the latest developments in LLMs and generative AI, and turns that knowledge into real product features.

  • AI Feature Development: You design and implement AI-powered features that make our platform smarter – from intelligent search and recommendations to automated data enrichment.
  • Agentic Engineering: You leverage modern AI development tools (Claude Code etc.) to massively scale your output and push our platform forward.
  • Experimentation & Prototyping: You rapidly prototype new ideas, evaluate emerging AI technologies and assess their potential for our product.
  • Integration & Pipelines: You integrate LLMs, embeddings and other AI models into our existing infrastructure and build robust data pipelines.
  • End-to-End Ownership: From the first experiment to production deployment, you take full responsibility and iterate fast.

Your profile

  • Tech stack: Proficient in Python and/or Node.js.
  • AI enthusiasm: You have a genuine passion for state-of-the-art AI technology, LLMs and their real-world applications.
  • AI tooling: You know how to leverage AI-powered developer tools effectively and critically evaluate their output.
  • Creative thinking: You love breaking new ground and exploring unconventional approaches.
  • Proactive mindset: You tackle challenges head-on and infect others with your enthusiasm.
  • Reliability: You keep an eye on deadlines and deliver on time.
  • Flexibility: You work location-independently, but also enjoy being on-site with us on a regular basis.
  • Languages: German (min. B1) and English (min. B1) are required.

Why us?

  • The best tech setup: Unrestricted access to the most advanced AI and coding tools (Claude Code etc.) as well as current LLM APIs. We equip you with the best digital exoskeleton, no compromises.
  • Work environment: Modern offices with our main location in Bremen plus additional locations in Hamburg and Oldenburg; flexible and hybrid working is possible.
  • Top hardware: High-performance hardware of your choice, height-adjustable desks and multiple monitors at every workstation.
  • Real impact: Short decision paths and the genuine opportunity to get involved, shape architecture and make a difference.
  • Exciting projects: Renowned, international clients from professional football and beyond.
  • Mobility & health: Company fitness program, BusinessBike and even our own company boat.
  • Learning & development: Coverage of costs for e-learning courses of your choice, plus regular exchange (we attend and organise internal and public AI events).
  • Team culture: Regular team events and annual offsites.
  • Compensation: Fair, appropriate salary.
  • Work-life balance: Flexible working hours that fit around your studies.
  • Feel-good factor: Organic fruit & vegetables, smoothie bar, ice cream flat rate and various drinks (good coffee, mate, etc.), naturally.

About us

We don’t just look at the bare figures, because we are especially looking for people who are talented and motivated. So if you think that this position is just right for you and we can benefit from each other, but you don’t meet all the criteria (yet), we’d still appreciate your application.

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SCOUTASTIC GmbH is a joint venture of the Transfermarkt GmbH & Co. KG and the JUST ADD AI GmbH. SCOUTASTIC is the central platform for the planning and management of all scouting activities. Thanks to the cooperation with clubs like SV Werder Bremen and Bayer 04 Leverkusen, our software is currently used by over 130 professional clubs worldwide – with SCOUTASTIC being the market leader in the Bundesliga and the Premier League.

Our scouting software combines data analysis and artificial intelligence in soccer. The data basis is the Transfermarkt data. Reports of the scouts are evaluated in our tool using artificial intelligence and the skills of the players are displayed in a structured way. In addition, SCOUTASTIC can be used to organize the entire daily scouting routine.