AI Engineering Specialist - Software Development Lifecycle

We are looking for a strategic, technically fluent, and hands-on AI Engineering Specialist to explore and adopt AI technologies across the software development lifecycle that fits best with our organization. You will identify impactful AI use cases in areas such as requirements, development, documentation, testing, UX/UI design, and internal support, and help transform them into real productivity gains for our 500+ developers and 40+ internal products. You’ll work closely with engineering, product, design, and operations teams, acting both as a researcher and a hands-on integrator of AI transformation.

• Explore and evaluate opportunities to apply AI and LLMs across the product lifecycle: requirements, development, code review, documentation, UI/UX design, user support, product analytics, and more.
• Customize and drive adoption of AI tools like GitHub Copilot, AI-powered code review assistants, documentation generation, internal copilots, and no-code/low-code AI assistants.
• Develop and share reusable prompt templates and patterns that help product teams integrate LLMs into development, documentation, and support workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their processes and help embed AI into their workflows.
• Create and maintain AI usage playbooks, best practices, and guidelines for different teams and roles.
• Design and deliver enablement initiatives: workshops, training sessions, internal talks, hands-on labs.
• Stay up to date with emerging AI/GenAI/LLM technologies and continuously assess their potential value to the company.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Java programming
• 1-2 years of Python
• Strong knowledge of SDLC and best practices  
• Good experience with AI tools including LLMs, machine learning concepts, and prompt engineering  
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills with a passion for mentoring and knowledge sharing
• High proficiency in spoken and written English and very good communication skills  

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and AI integration patterns
• Experience working with product design and UX/UI teams (e.g., Figma AI, visual AI tools)
• Exposure to data analytics, summarization, or internal search/chatbots using LLMs
• Background in teaching, coaching, or developer advocacy
• Experience piloting or evaluating AI vendors/tools
• Understanding of AI governance, security, and policy considerations

We offer Knowledge Center in Gdansk
One of the goals of Hapag-Lloyd strategy, is to become more agile in the way we work and to create an environment in which we can make faster and innovative decisions. Knowledge Center in Gdansk enables the further accelerated growth, especially in the area of developing innovative digital solutions, agility and business centricity. To learn more, please check our website - https://knowledgecenter.pl/ 
We offer:

• Private medical care (Medicover)
• Gym card (Multisport)
• Attractive annual bonus up to 22,5% (depending on company performance results)
• Group life insurance and employee capital plan (PPK)
• Cafeteria benefit system (cinema tickets, vouchers etc.)
• Focus on healthy lifestyle (fruit days, bike competitions, football training)
• Charity and volunteer initiatives
• Modern and well-connected office (Alchemia complex in Gdańsk Oliwa)
• Relocation support (financial support, covering immigration process and polish-language lessons for non-Polish citizens)
• Internal learning management system
• Development budget (sharing the costs of certifications and conferences/ IT events)
• Flexible working hours and home office possibility (hybrid work model)
  

About Us With a fleet of 313 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.5 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 14,000 employees and 400 offices in 140 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 3.7 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 133 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has equity stakes in 21 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India and North Africa. Around 3,000 employees are assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations in addition to the terminal activities.