Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance.

Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side‑by‑side with customers to make our cutting‑edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2024, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,288.1 million and had a workforce of 2,399 FTE. Corbion is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam.

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Corbion’s Data and AI Lab is building the future of intelligent systems—where AI agents collaborate, reason, and act autonomously across our global operations. We’re looking for a Machine Learning / AI Engineer to help us bring this vision to life, based at our Lenexa, KS office.

• Build intelligent systems: develop machine learning models and agent‑based AI systems that reason, learn and act across domains such as procurement, production and customer engagement.
• Engineer autonomy: design multi‑agent architectures where AI agents collaborate to optimise operations from manner of idea to launch, demand to supply, order to cash and other business processes.
• Operationalise AI: lead MLOps practices for model lifecycle management, including monitoring, retraining and governance.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally: partner with data scientists, analytics engineers and business stakeholders to translate complex problems into AI‑powered solutions.
• Accelerate innovation: contribute to the development of AI‑enhanced digital products, predictive tools and decision support systems.

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, AI or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in ML engineering, applied AI or intelligent systems development.
• Strong Python skills and experience with ML frameworks (e.g., MLlib, scikit‑learn, Tensor Flow, PyTorch).
• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of data modelling, software architecture and algorithmic design.

• Agentic AI frameworks such as Lang Chain, Auto Gen, CrewAI or other multi‑agent systems.
• LLM orchestration, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) or domain‑specific copilots.
• Azure AI Foundry, Apache Spark and data lake platforms.
• Real‑time data pipelines, event‑driven architectures or streaming analytics.
• Experience in food tech, biotech or manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of AI ethics, explainability and responsible AI practices.

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace. All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, colour, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organisation or any other non‑merit factor. Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition assistance
• Paid maternity leave
• Paid paternity leave

Location:

Lenexa, KS.