# Kai Perich

Kai Perich is a remote worker on Himalayas, Head of AI at SecureCloud, based in Germany.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@kaiperich

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Head of AI at SecureCloud, where I built kAI end to end since 2025: an EU-hosted AI platform for companies with chat, company knowledge search and AI
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Germany |
| Authorized to work in | Germany |
| Salary expectations | 70k+ EUR |
| Job categories | AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Backend Engineer, Software Engineer, Full Stack Engineer |
| Skills | LLM Agents, MCP, RAG, LLM Fine tuning, Model Benchmarking, Reinforcement Learning, Traditional ML, Model Serving, Python, TypeScript, Go, SQL, fastAPI, React, Next.js |
| GitHub | https://github.com/kpr17ch |

## What I'm looking for

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Remote AI engineering roles in Europe or the UK (or hybrid in Frankfurt): building agentic systems and LLM products end to end, from model choice to production. Earliest start: February 2027.
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## About

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At SecureCloud, I built kAI end to end: an EU-hosted platform for chat, company knowledge search, and AI agents, launched at it-sa 2026.

I engineered the agent safeguards and data layer, including an MCP tool gateway, prompt-injection protection, RAG, and an LLM gateway across eight providers. I ship the platform through CI/CD with about 1,400 automated API tests.

Before SecureCloud, I solo-built a Go prototype at Mercedes-Benz AG that detects trips from vehicle signals, with a cloud backend in Java, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL on Azure. I also built outtake, an agentic video editor, with a team of three for the Cursor Hackathon Heilbronn, where we placed second.
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## Experience

### Head of AI (current)

SecureCloud. Oct 2024 - Present

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Built kAI end to end since 2025: an EU-hosted AI platform with chat, company knowledge search and AI agents, launched at it-sa 2026. Engineered agentic systems with guardrails including MCP tool gateway, LLM reviewer, prompt-injection protection, and isolated agent pods on k3s.
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Skills: Python, TypeScript, MCP, RAG, LLM, K3s, CI-CD, fastAPI, React, Docker, Kubernetes, Model-Benchmarking

### AI Trainer

DataAnnotation. Mar 2025 - Aug 2025

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Evaluated LLM outputs and AI-generated code against rubrics in German and coding.
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Skills: LLM-Evaluation, Code-Review, German

### AI Trainer

Outlier AI. Mar 2025 - Aug 2025

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Evaluated LLM outputs and AI-generated code against rubrics in German and coding.
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Skills: LLM-Evaluation, Code-Review, German

### Software Engineer (Working Student)

Mercedes-Benz AG. Mar 2023 - Jan 2024

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Solo-built a Go prototype of an in-car app that detects trips from vehicle signals, from concept to integration in new vehicle generations. Developed cloud backend in Java/Spring Boot and PostgreSQL on Azure.
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Skills: Go, Java, Spring-Boot, PostgreSQL, Azure

### Data Analyst Intern

[KPMG AG](https://himalayas.app/companies/kpmg-india). Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

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Automated business processes in Python, maintained MS SQL databases, and supported Azure migrations.
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Skills: Python, MSSQL, Azure

### Software Engineer

SecureCloud

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Built custom fine-tuned, self-hosted models for SecureCloud's first AI chatbot and a React/FastAPI add-in. Promoted to Head of AI.
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Skills: Python, fastAPI, React, Fine-Tuning, Self-Hosted-AI-Models

## Education

### Heilbronn University

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems. 2020 - 2024. Grade: 1.5

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B.Sc. in Information Systems, graduated with grade 1.5, top of cohort, awarded by Deutsche Automobil Treuhand. Thesis on reinforcement learning for recommender systems and a RAG chatbot with Porsche AG.
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### San Diego State University

Semester Abroad, Information Systems. 2022 - 2022. Grade: 3.92/4.0

Activities and societies: Dean's List

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Semester abroad in Information Systems, achieved GPA 3.92/4.0 and Dean's List.
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## Tech stack

- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions
- PostgreSQL
- Node.js
- Spring Boot
- Next.js
- Redis
- Terraform
- React
- Python
- Java
- Go
- FastAPI
- OpenSearch
- TypeScript
- Docker
- SQL
- Ollama
- Playwright
- vLLM
- K3s
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- AWS
- Azure

To contact Kai, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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