Building on a strong legacy of almost 150 years, we are leading the way to reimagine and improve life every day. Today and for generations to come. Through our innovative and sustainable brands and technologies, across our teams around the world.
Henkel holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses: Our portfolio includes well-known hair care products, laundry detergents, fabric softeners as well as adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings.
Jr AI Engineer
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About this Position
At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of 50,000 pioneers around the globe. The teams in our corporate functions enable the best in our dynamic businesses and in our people to maximize our company’s potential. With our leading brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop What makes you a good fit. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.
What you´ll do
- Build agentic LLM applications (tool-calling, routing, multi-step orchestration) and RAG pipelines over enterprise documents and data.
- Define evaluation criteria (accuracy, groundedness, cost, latency) before building AI features and iterate against them.
- Integrate AI into business interfaces (Teams/chat/voice) and enterprise data platforms (SQL warehouse, NL-to-SQL, BI).
- Develop scalable AI pipelines and integrate models into enterprise systems.
- Evaluate AI use cases, model performance, accuracy, and business impact.
- Collaborate with business, data, and technology teams to identify AI opportunities.
- Implement responsible AI, governance, security, and monitoring practices.
- Optimize AI solutions for scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Stay updated on emerging AI technologies and industry trends.
- Works closely with: • Business stakeholders • Data & analytics teams • Enterprise architecture • Digital transformation teams • IT & security
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
- 1 - 2 years of relevant work experience.
- Fluent English speaker with excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and teamwork abilities.
- Agent frameworks (LangGraph / LangChain) and tool/function-calling.
- Async API development (FastAPI), Pydantic-style validation, modern Python tooling (uv).
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform) and CI/CD-based deployment.
- Machine Learning & Deep Learning • Python, SQL, APIs.
- LLMs, Prompt Engineering, RAG architecture.
- Cloud platforms (Azure)
- Problem-solving & stakeholder communication.
- Microsoft Teams bot / conversational-AI development (Bot Framework / Teams AI SDK (nice to have)
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar tool-server architectures for multi-agent systems (nice to have).
- SAP BTP (developer) is a plus
- Git
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Comprehensive Health Insurance for employee + dependents
- Employee Assistance Programme provides a wide range of mental health and wellbeing benefits
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 26098164
Job Locations: Egypt, Cairo
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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Whom do I contact if I have questions concerning my application?
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