ML / AI Engineer

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

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.

In this role, you’ll design and deploy ML models and agentic AI systems that power decision-making across R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial domains. You’ll work at the intersection of data science, software engineering, and domain expertise to create scalable, cloud-native solutions that drive measurable business impact.

Essential Functions

• Build intelligent systems: Develop ML models and agent-based AI systems that reason, learn, and act across domains like procurement, production, and customer engagement.
• Engineer autonomy: Design multi-agent architectures where AI agents collaborate to optimize operations from 'Idea to Launch', 'Demand to Supply', ‘Order to Cash’, etc.
• Operationalize 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.

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, AI, or 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, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, software architecture, and algorithmic design.

A very strong candidate will also have experience or exposure to the following:

• Agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI) or 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.
• Food tech, biotech, or manufacturing environments.
• AI ethics, explainability, and responsible AI practices.

About Corbion

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 Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace.  All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.