Senior AI/IT Systems Engineer

About the Company

Founded in 2021 and based in Adana, Karbontürk is Turkey’s first activated carbon production plant, pioneering the transformation of biomass into high-quality activated carbon. With a strong sustainability focus, we aim to address environmental challenges through innovative industrial technologies. Supported by Turkey’s largest industrial group, we are committed to shaping the future of sustainable manufacturing.

As part of our digital transformation journey, we are building an advanced, company-wide AI & Automation Infrastructure to connect production, operations, quality, and business systems into an integrated intelligent ecosystem.

About the Role

Karbontürk is seeking a Senior AI/IT Systems Engineer with deep experience in RAG , LLM integration , ERP , and SCADA systems.

This role will architect, build, and optimize our AI-driven technology infrastructure and integrate it seamlessly with all enterprise systems.

📍 This position is based at our Ataşehir, İstanbul Headquarters. Candidates must be residing in İstanbul or willing to relocate.

Required Experience

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Systems

• Vector databases (Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate, FAISS, etc.)
• Embedding models
• Document ingestion pipelines (PDF, Excel, P&ID, COA, SOP)

LLM Integration

• Azure OpenAI / OpenAI / Anthropic API experience
• Real project development with GPT-4 / GPT-4.1
• LangChain or LlamaIndex experience

ERP Integration

• Logo ERP
• API/Database integration
• Knowledge of Logo data structures (customers, stock, production, accounting modules)
• Ability to feed ERP data into AI systems

SCADA Experience

• SCADA experience in industrial plants
• OPC / Modbus familiarity
• Ability to retrieve operational/process data and build middleware/API connections
• Experience with furnace, process control, N₂/steam lines data

API & Microservice Development

• FastAPI / Node.js / Flask
• REST / GraphQL
• OAuth2 / JWT

Cloud & DevOps

• Azure or AWS
• VM, Storage, Network
• Docker / Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines

Data Security

• RBAC
• IAM
• Encryption
• Network segmentation
• ISO 27001 understanding

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize the company’s AI & automation infrastructure
• Implement RAG + Vector DB + LLM architectures
• Integrate ERP (Logo), SCADA, QC/LIMS, and production systems
• Create document ingestion pipelines (COA, P&ID, phase reports)
• Build APIs and microservices for all departments
• Develop internal web-based user interfaces
• Manage data security and access governance
• Prepare technical documentation
• Collaborate with IT, Operations, QC, Production, Sales, and Management
• Monitor system performance and generate reports
• Lead versioning and iterative development of AI systems

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• SCOTT ERP integration
• LIMS/QC software integration
• IT/OT experience in industrial environments
• ISO 9001/14001 data structures
• MLOps (major advantage)

Other Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related fields.
• Analytical and systematic mindset
• Strong communication and reporting skills
• Ownership and project leadership capability
• Innovation mindset and eagerness to learn
• Team-oriented and collaborative approach

Equal Opportunity Statement

Recruitment and employment decisions are based solely on job-related requirements. Karbontürk is committed to providing equal opportunities without discrimination.