SGS

Lead AI Engineer, Business Acceleration

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5 months ago
Madrid, SpainStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the AI agenda and develop a roadmap of high-value initiatives with business leaders and subject matter experts.
  • Design and build AI-powered applications from discovery and prototyping through full-scale deployment.
  • Develop solutions using data analysis, prompt engineering, agentic workflows, advanced RAG, fine-tuning, and evaluation techniques.
  • Partner with the central AI Hub to use shared platforms and reusable components, provide roadmap feedback, and contribute new reusable components.
  • Mentor product engineers and serve as the senior AI expert for the business domain.
  • Own projects from business case through delivery and handover, ensuring robust, scalable solutions with measurable business value.

Requirements

  • Extensive AI/ML experience, exemplified by 8+ years.
  • Deep hands-on experience building and shipping LLM applications, including advanced RAG architectures, agentic systems, fine-tuning, and robust evaluation.
  • Expert-level Python skills and a strong foundation in classical machine learning and deep learning; PyTorch is preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with vector databases, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud AI services.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into technical requirements and impactful AI products.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills with business leaders, product managers, and technology teams.
  • German language skills are advantageous but not required.

Benefits

  • Highly competitive salary and bonus package for the Madrid location.
  • High-visibility ownership of projects with direct P&L and business impact.
  • Startup-like autonomy and speed backed by the resources and platform of a central AI organization.
  • Opportunity to work with unique datasets from global supply chains, materials science, and industrial testing.
  • Strategic leadership opportunity shaping SGS's digital transformation and global AI technology strategy.
  • The role is based in Madrid.
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