Digital Solution Architect & Engineer

About us

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition, and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Its sales of € 4.9 billion in the 2024 fiscal year make Symrise a leading global provider. Headquartered in Holzminden, Germany, the Group is represented by more than 100 locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Symrise works with its clients to develop new ideas and market-ready concepts for products that form an integral part of everyday life. Economic success and corporate responsibility are inextricably linked as part of this process.

Symrise – always inspiring more…

Your role

As a Digital Solutions Architect & Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping how Symrise uses AI, GenAI, agentic AI, and intelligent automation to solve real business challenges. You will take ownership of the architecture and technical delivery of enterprise-scale solutions, turning ideas and business needs into secure, scalable, production-ready applications that deliver measurable impact.

This is a senior individual contributor role where you will combine hands-on engineering with solution architecture and technical leadership. You will work closely with business stakeholders, data scientists, platform teams, IT, cybersecurity, and external partners to take AI solutions from initial use case definition through to production and adoption.

A key part of the role will also be taking ownership of RPA and intelligent automation, bringing greater governance, structure, and scalability to existing and future automation solutions. You will help establish standards and best practices while ensuring that AI and automation are integrated into a broader, sustainable digital transformation strategy.

This is an opportunity to have a direct impact on Symrise's digital transformation, working with emerging technologies while building solutions that are used across a global organization

About you

You are an experienced technology professional with a strong background in designing and delivering digital and AI solutions. You combine deep technical expertise with an ability to understand business challenges and turn them into practical, scalable solutions.

You have hands-on experience with Machine Learning, GenAI, and agentic AI, as well as enterprise data platforms, cloud technologies, and MLOps/LLMOps. You are comfortable working with ambiguity, influencing stakeholders, and taking ownership of solutions from initial concept through to production.

You are also interested in intelligent automation and have experience with RPA technologies and automation lifecycle management. Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across business, IT, data, cybersecurity, and external partners are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead enterprise AI, GenAI, and agentic AI solutions aligned with Symrise's strategy.
• Translate business needs into scalable, secure, compliant, and production-ready architectures.
• Define reusable AI solution patterns, architectures, and technical blueprints.
• Build and implement production-grade AI solutions across ML, GenAI, RAG, orchestration, fine-tuning, and agentic AI.
• Work closely with MLOps, LLMOps, data platform, and IT teams to ensure successful operationalization.
• Own and evolve the RPA and intelligent automation strategy, including governance and lifecycle management.
• Deliver automation solutions using platforms such as UiPath.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to business stakeholders and co-define AI use cases with clear value and success metrics.
• Ensure responsible and secure AI by incorporating explainability, auditability, traceability, compliance, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Contribute to enterprise AI standards, reference architectures, best practices, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Support training and upskilling of business users to drive digital adoption and enable citizen development.
• Ensure AI and automation solutions deliver measurable business outcomes, balancing innovation with cost, risk, feasibility, and regulatory requirements.

Our offer

Location: Barcelona, Spain – home to Symrise’s Data & AI Hub, where innovation, technology, and collaboration come together in a truly global environment.

What you can expect:

• Competitive salary package aligned with your experience and expertise
• Hybrid working model with flexibility and work-life balance
• Private health insurance
• Life insurance coverage
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and shape the future of data, analytics, and AI
• A collaborative and international environment with exposure to global teams and impactful projects
• The chance to be part of Symrise, a world-leading company where innovation, sustainability, and people are at the heart of everything we do

At Symrise, you won’t just join a company—you’ll become part of a purpose-driven organization where your ideas can create meaningful impact and help shape the future of digital transformation on a global scale.

Job Reference: EA04677