IFS

Lead AI Engineer

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18 hours ago
Remote, Spain or Madrid, SpainStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and architect AI-powered systems using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, orchestration patterns, enterprise data, and business processes.
  • Build production-ready software platforms and cloud-native services that orchestrate models, tools, retrieval systems, and enterprise workflows.
  • Develop rapid prototypes and proof-of-concepts to validate technologies, measure outcomes, and identify business opportunities.
  • Bring incubated AI solutions through scoping, design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
  • Establish evaluation, benchmarking, testing, observability, quality, governance, and monitoring practices for AI systems.
  • Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews while driving engineering best practices across teams.
  • Mentor engineers and develop reusable AI capabilities, frameworks, and developer tooling.
  • Collaborate with product teams, architects, customers, partners, stakeholders, and domain experts to deliver measurable business impact.
  • Influence IFS’s AI strategy and long-term technology direction through hands-on delivery, experimentation, customer engagement, industry events, and partner collaboration.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, AI, data science, or a related field; a master’s degree is advantageous.
  • 8+ years of professional experience in AI, machine learning, and/or software engineering, with a proven record of successfully delivered projects.
  • Strong programming skills in one or more mainstream languages such as Python, Golang, C#, or TypeScript.
  • Experience with context engineering, retrieval architecture, embeddings, vector databases, search technologies, and retrieval optimization.
  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals, including APIs, distributed services, cloud-native architectures, integration, automation, and security.
  • Background in DevOps and MLOps/LLMOps, infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, model operations, and observability.
  • Experience designing AI-driven architectures using LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows, orchestration patterns, and enterprise data sources.
  • Experience working with customers, stakeholders, and domain experts to define and deliver solutions in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Experience leading technical discussions, influencing architecture and technology strategy, mentoring engineers, and driving alignment across teams.
  • Experience with two or more desirable technologies across AI serving, foundation models, agentic AI, evaluation and observability, cloud infrastructure, model development, and accelerator technologies.
  • Experience with enterprise AI platforms or developer tooling, customer-facing demonstrations or proof-of-concepts, and enterprise software domains is desirable.
  • Contributions to open-source AI projects, technical communities, conferences, or publications and experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud AI services are desirable.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work opportunities that support diverse work preferences and inclusive workplace experiences.
  • Opportunity to work in a global, diverse environment with colleagues, customers, and partners across all continents.
  • Opportunity to contribute to AI strategy, sustainability initiatives, customer innovation, and worldwide business impact.

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About IFS

5,001-10,000 employees

IFS builds IFS Cloud, an enterprise suite covering ERP, EAM, FSM, SCM, and project/service management for manufacturers and asset‑intensive organizations. Its business model centers on software subscriptions and services for cloud and hybrid deployments, plus industry-specific modules and consulting. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, the company is privately held under EQT ownership and operates globally across industrial and service-focused markets.

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