AI Automation Engineer (f/m/d)

NovaTaste is a global leader in taste innovation. With its broad portfolio of renowned brands such as WIBERG, Gewürzmüller, Gewürzmühle Nesse, Mühlehof Gewürze, Eppers, McClancy, Piasa, AMCO, Redbrook, BSA WIBERG, and The Mighty, NovaTaste offers a range of value-add savory ingredients and blends to improve taste and texture, as well as extend the shelf life of food products for its customers. NovaTaste has over 2,400 employees and supplies food manufacturers, butchers and foodservice players across Europe, North America and Asia.

Tasks

• Identification and evaluation of automation potentials
• Development of deterministic and non‑deterministic automations
• Handover to operations, including runbooks, service, and DevOps
• Building API integrations with SAP ERP, CRM, ticketing systems, email, etc.
• Ensuring quality gates, guardrails, security, and compliance

Skills

• At least 3 years of professional experience in a comparable role
• Strong business and process understanding
• Confident use of automation frameworks (UiPath, n8n, Power Automate, etc.)
• Deep understanding of REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth2, JSON, and modern integration patterns
• Experience with generative AI and LLMs, including RAG, embeddings, prompt engineering, and agents
• Knowledge of MLOps/LLMOps (versioning, monitoring, cost control for LLMs)

Benefits

• Excellent lunch options at gourmet level in our company restaurant
• Attractive discounts on our products
• Professional, free support for mental health through our partner nilo.health
• Physiotherapy with a low co-payment, company doctor, and occupational pension scheme
• ClimateTicket Salzburg and company bike leasing
• Flexible working hours through an attractive flexitime model and home office options
• Flat organizational structure with a first-name culture and short decision-making paths
• A constructive and innovative working environment in a successful, internationally active company

The minimum gross salary for this position is € 3.477,13 per month on a full-time basis. We offer a compensation package that significantly reflects your skills and experience.